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cclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. -- Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment w…

The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

The office of a dean. I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift.

Pertaining to the Andes.

Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

lebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the s…

One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

One of the Cestoidea.

e Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.

One of the Crinoidea.

Relating to the Ctenoidei. -- n.

One of the Cystidea.

Same as Cystidean.

Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

Same as Epiglottic.

Having the anterior scute

Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n.

Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Same as Hyoid, a.