Dictionary entry

Decanal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dec″a‐nal (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. décanal. See Dean.] Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

His rectorial as well as decanal residence. Churton.

Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. — Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel. Shipley.