dean
Let an agent explain the office of dean in its church senses, relay how deans are appointed and what they do across denominations with attribution, identify specific deaneries from official sources, and distinguish the church office from academic and diplomatic deans.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Role What a dean is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a dean in the church sense, and what kinds exist? definition
- Is the question about a church dean, an academic dean or a diplomatic dean? boundary
Duties
Duties.
Duties
Duties.
- What does a cathedral dean do, from worship to fabric and community? definition
- Which entry fits the specific deanery? action
Appointment Appointment and holders.
Appointment
How deans are appointed.
Appointment
Appointment.
- How are deans appointed in different churches, including crown appointments in England? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Holders
Office holders.
Holders
Holders.
- Who holds a given deanery, from official sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Churches Across churches.
Anglican
Anglican usage.
Anglican
Anglican.
- How do Anglican cathedrals and deaneries use the office? provenance
- Which entry fits Anglican cathedral? action
Other
Catholic and other usage.
Other
Other.
- How do Catholic and other churches use the title, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
History History and other senses.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the office develop from medieval chapters? provenance
- Which entry fits church history? action
Other
Other senses.
Other
Other.
- What are academic and diplomatic deans? provenance
- Which entry fits the other sense? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Dean of KIldare, chapter dean, Dean of Chichester, Dean of Edinburgh, Dean of St Asaph, Dean of Montreal, Dean of Kilfenora, Dean of Jersey, archdean, Dean of Belfast, Dean of Birmingham, Dean of Blackburn
What it is Filled
In the ecclesiastical sense recorded here, the cleric who presides over the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church and is responsible for its worship, fabric and community, as in the deans of Chichester, St Asaph, Edinburgh, Kildare and Montreal, or who heads a group of parishes as a rural or area dean; the title is also used for the senior member of a diplomatic corps or academic faculty, which are separate senses.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the office of dean in its church senses, relay how deans are appointed and what they do across denominations with attribution, identify specific deaneries from official sources, and distinguish the church office from academic and diplomatic deans.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Presides over a chapter
- Appointed by bishop, crown or chapter by tradition
- Cathedral and rural forms
- Denominational variation
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Confuse the ecclesiastical dean with a university dean.
- Impersonate a dean or chapter in messages or documents.
- Give stale office holder information as current.
- Disrespect the worship of the cathedral community.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting a dean or chapter on behalf of a person or group.
May
- Report who holds the office of dean of a named cathedral or chapter from official church sources.
- Explain the ecclesiastical role of a dean as distinct from an academic dean.
Moral aspects Filled
- Deans lead worshipping communities; accuracy and respect matter to members.
- Safeguarding in churches depends on clear lines of responsibility.
Who is affected
- Cathedral communities
- Clergy
- Visitors and worshippers
Owners Filled
Steward
The church that appoints the dean, under its canon law.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3315492 - registry parent class
related
- clergyman - in registry terms
- cathedral chapter - the body
- dean of a faculty - the academic sense
- canon - a chapter member
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.dean-q4958876
- Wikidata: Q4958876 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4958876)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Head of a cathedral chapter or a deanery
- Anglican, Catholic and other traditions
- Academic deans head faculties; the dean of a diplomatic corps is its senior ambassador
- A cleric in choir dress or robes presiding in a cathedral.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the office and its kinds
- relay appointment and duties by denomination
- identify specific deaneries
- distinguish from other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing senses of dean
- Stale office holder information
- Assuming uniform duties across churches
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Canon law and cathedral statutes
- Appointment procedures by church and, in some cases, state
- Charity and governance rules for cathedrals
Context of use required Filled
- Presiding over a cathedral chapter or a group of parishes.
- cathedral deans in the Anglican Communion, such as the deans of Chichester, St Asaph, Edinburgh, Kildare and Montreal
- chapter deans in Catholic and other churches
- rural and area deans
- deans of collegiate churches and royal peculiars
- academic and diplomatic deans as separate senses
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q4958876: dean - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Dean (Christianity) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should rural dean be a separate entry?
- How should cathedral registers be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific deaneries; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4958876/spec.json