a. rare. [f. med.L. subdecānus SUBDEAN + -AL.] Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.

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1846.  M’Culloch, Acc. Brit. Empire (1851), II. 186. There are also Peculiars of various descriptions in most dioceses,… royal, archiepiscopal, episcopal, decanal, sub-decanal, prebendal, rectorial, and vicarial.

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