Dekan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Chancellor noun A senior government official, especially the head of government in countries like Germany or Austria, or a finance minister in the UK.
- dean noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.
Senses
Dekan is used for these senses in English:
- chancellor (Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
- dean A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
- dean A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
Chancellor — full definition
- noun A senior government official, especially the head of government in countries like Germany or Austria, or a finance minister in the UK.
- noun The ceremonial or administrative head of a university.
dean — full definition
- noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.
- noun A senior clergy member in charge of a cathedral chapter, ranking below a bishop.
- noun The most senior or longest-serving member of a group.