Talk:Dekan the Word/@comment-8991880-20130613155612/@comment-1321146-20130614045005

That's hard to answer.

A. Dekan is the german word for a Dean, which has two meanings:

1. An administrator or overseer of a specific area in an academic school, such as a university or College.

2. A cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy (church).

The origin of the word is the latin decanus ("a leader of ten"), used in monastaries where the monks were organized in groups of 10, like a platoon in the military, or from a leader of 10 roman soldiers in the roman military.

B. A similar word in english is deacon - this is however derived from the greek diakonos, meaning "servant" or "messenger". - The latter would fit the title of this card well.