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| − | + | * '''decans:''' the 36 divisions of the zodiac in Chaldaean astrology, each one 10 degrees wide (''deca''- = ten) | |
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| + | * '''decanus:''' (''Latin'') dean → Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | ||
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| + | * '''deka:''' (''Greek'') ten → the ten preceding questions (''Who is he? Whose is he? ... And what the decans...?'') correspond to the ten Sephiroth or emanations of Ainsoph in the Kabbalah | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:29, 1 July 2011
- decans: the 36 divisions of the zodiac in Chaldaean astrology, each one 10 degrees wide (deca- = ten)
- dickens
- decanus: (Latin) dean → Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
- deka: (Greek) ten → the ten preceding questions (Who is he? Whose is he? ... And what the decans...?) correspond to the ten Sephiroth or emanations of Ainsoph in the Kabbalah
