Decennary
//dɪˈsɛnəɹi// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A decennium: a period of ten years.
- 2 Alternative form of decenary: a tithing. alt-of, alternative, historical
"All males... should... be enrolled in a tithing, or decennary, which originally consisted of ten free families."
- 3 a period of 10 years wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Decennial: of or related to a ten-year period. not-comparable
- 2 Alternative form of decenary: of or related to the number ten; containing ten items. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
- 3 Alternative form of decenary: of or related to a tithing. alt-of, alternative, historical, not-comparable
Example
More examples"All males... should... be enrolled in a tithing, or decennary, which originally consisted of ten free families."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin decennis (“decennial, of ten years”) + -ary.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decanarius (“containing ten items; related to the number ten”).
Etymology 3
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decēnārius.
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