Decanate

"Decanate" in a Sentence (3 examples)

If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity

Each 30° sign is divided into three 10° sections called decanates (figure 11 and chart 5).

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,

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