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名詞

decanate (plural decanates)

1. (astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
   • 1852, William Lilly, An Introduction to Astrology‎, page 70:

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

   • 2007, Kris Brandt Riske, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology‎, page 31:

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

語源 2

From Medieval Latin decānātus, from Latin decānus. Equivalent to Latin decānus +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare dean.

名詞

decanate (plural decanates)

1. (Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
   • 1844, Rev. F.C. Ewald, “Bavaria”, in The Missionary Chronicle‎, page 18:

     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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