"subdean" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From sub- + dean.",
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          "word": "subdecanal"
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          "ref": "1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Whenever the dean and chapter confirm any act, that such confirmation may be valid, the dean must join in person, and not in the person of a deputy or sub-dean only.",
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        "An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean."
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