decanate

Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.

If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity

Each 30° sign is divided into three 10° sections called decanates (figure 11 and chart 5).

A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.

These parishes are divided into 80 decanates or chapters. In each decanate there are from ten to eighteen parishes. At the head of each decanate stands the dean,