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Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..

Subdecanal :: Subdeanery (n.) Office or rank of subdean.

Endaspidean :: Endaspidean (a.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

Pandean :: Pandean (a.) Of or relating to the god Pan.

Splanchnic :: Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus..

Epiglottidean :: Epiglottidean (a.) Same as Epiglottic.

Taxaspidean :: Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds..

Stelliferous :: Stelleridean (n.) A starfish, or brittle star..

Chaldean :: Chaldean (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

Glottidean :: Glottidean (a.) Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

Jaspidean :: Jaspidean (a.) Alt. of Jaspideou.

Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..

Syrinx :: Syrinx (n.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

Verge :: Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..

Subdeanery :: Subdean (n.) An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.

Archpriest :: Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean..

End- :: End- () A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean..

Mazdean :: Mazdean (a.) Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian..

Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..

Stylohyoid :: Stylohyal (n.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.

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