/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · Dean (the Latin Decanus)
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The chief over ten prebends or canons.
The Dean (Il Piovaʹno). Arlotto, the Italian humorist. (1395–1483.)
Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick. (1667–1745.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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