- téoðingealdor
- m (-ealdres/-ealdras) ruler over ten, dean, captain of ten
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
téoðingealdor
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dean — early 14c., from O.Fr. deien (12c., Mod.Fr. doyen), from L.L. decanus head of a group of 10 monks in a monastery, from earlier secular meaning commander of 10 soldiers (which was extended to civil administrators in the late empire), from Gk.… … Etymology dictionary
