Subdean

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.

    "Whenever the dean and chapter confirm any act, that such confirmation may be valid, the dean must join in person, and not in the person of a deputy or sub-dean only."

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archbishopbishopcanoncardinalchaplaincoadjutor

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"Whenever the dean and chapter confirm any act, that such confirmation may be valid, the dean must join in person, and not in the person of a deputy or sub-dean only."

Etymology

From sub- + dean.

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