decani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decānī (“of the dean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈkeɪnaɪ/

Adjective

decani (not comparable)

1. Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the dean's stall is placed (the right hand side to a person facing the altar); decanal.
   • 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors

     You want a few more daffs on the decani side […]

   • 1988, Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan (page 105)

     All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.

See also

• cantoris

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “decani”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Caiden, caenid, candie, cnidae

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Italian

Noun

decani m

1. plural of decano

Anagrams

• ancide
• canide
• decina
• inceda

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) decānī

1. nominative plural of decānus
2. genitive singular of decānus
3. vocative plural of decānus