Definition of Subdean

1. n. An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.

Definition of Subdean

1. Noun. An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. ¹

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Definition of Subdean

1. a subordinate dean [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subdean

subcuticular
subcutis
subcutises
subcycle
subcycles
subcycling
subdata base
subdatabase
subdatabases
subdeacon
subdeacons
subdeaconship
subdeaconships
subdealer
subdealers
subdean (current term)
subdeaneries
subdeanery
subdeans
subdeb
subdebs
subdebutante
subdebutantes
subdecanal
subdecision
subdecisions
subdecuple
subdecurrent
subdefinition
subdefinitions

Literary usage of Subdean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"At Cologne there is a subdean. In the absence of the dean, ... At Llandaff, till recently, the archdeacon was subdean, the bishop being dean. ..."

2. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"FRANCIS GARDEN, MA, subdean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal. FWG Rev. F. WILLIAM GOTCH, LL. D., President of the Baptist College, Bristol; ..."

3. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"FRANCIS GARDEN, MA, subdean of Her Majesty'» ... EDGAR HUXTABLE, MA, subdean of Wells. WBJ Rev. WILLIAM BASIL JONES, MA, Prebendary of York and of St. ..."

4. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow by Renwick, Robert, Glasgow (Scotland). (1904)
"V.—PROCOTOL RELATING TO THE RESIGNATION OF PROPERTY IN THE HANDS OF THE BAILIE OF THE subdean OF GLASGOW. (Abstract No. 200). ..."

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