DAILY PRAYERS. Every Priest and Deacon is bound to say publicly in
Church, if a congregation of two or three can be obtained; or
privately, unless hindered by some good cause, the Office for
Morning and Evening Prayer. This is directed in the preface of the
Book of Common Prayer.
DALMATIC, see Vestments.
DAMNATORY CLAUSES, see Creed.
DEACON, see Orders.
DEAD, see Burial Service.
DEADLY SIN, see Sin.
DEAN. An ecclesiastic next in degree to a Bishop. He is the head of a corporate body called a Chapter, attached to a Cathedral, and has the direction of the Cathedral services. Deans of Peculiars have no Chapters. The Dean of a College at Oxford or Cambridge is the officer appointed to maintain discipline.*
The Dean of Faculty presides over meetings of the particular faculty of which he is Dean. It is an office in most ancient, and some modern universities.
* The Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, is the Head both of the Cathedral, and the College.
DEAN, RURAL, see Rural Dean.