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decanates

decanates is the plural of decanate.

Meaning of decanate

Noun (1)

decanate (plural decanates)

  1. Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
    • If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity1852, William Lilly, An Introduction to Astrology, page 70

Noun (2)

decanate (plural decanates)

  1. (Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
    • These parishes are divided into 80 decanates or chapters. In each decanate there are from ten to eighteen parishes. At the head of each decanate stands the dean,1844, Rev. F.C. Ewald, “Bavaria”, in The Missionary Chronicle, page 18

Questions about decanates

What is decanates the plural of?
Decanates is the plural of decanate.

Words near decanates in the dictionary

  1. decanalizations
  2. decanalize
  3. decanalized
  4. decanary
  5. decanate
  6. decanates
  7. decander
  8. decanders
  9. decandrian
  10. decandrous
  11. decane

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