[ dɪ'keɪn(ə)l , 'dɛk(ə)n(ə)l ]
■ adjective
1》 relating to a dean or deanery.
2》 relating to or denoting the south side of the choir of a church, on which the dean sits. The opposite of cantorial .
Origin
C18: from med. L. ~is , from late L. decanus (see dean 1 ).