Denarian
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to the number 10. not-comparable
"He excused himself to his brother, the Argonaut, who reproached him for appearing before breakfast in a well-worn coat, 'it is my ante-jentacular coat, Jack ' ; and answered his apologies for troubling him with a letter to London, by saying, ' I shall put it into the denarian post, and there my trouble will end;."
- 2 Pertaining to a form a numerology that views the number 10 as the most perfect or powerful number. not-comparable
"He thus explains the scope of the “Denarian Tract,” which forms the third portion of the work: “The Denary or number Ten, is the highest number according to the largest extent of Nature; or the number Five being the Spirit or Quintessence, joined with its body, the number Four, or the four Elements made pure, out of this number Nine, or by the conjunction of Four and Five, the sum of perfection is brought forth, which is the number Ten."
Example
More examples"He excused himself to his brother, the Argonaut, who reproached him for appearing before breakfast in a well-worn coat, 'it is my ante-jentacular coat, Jack ' ; and answered his apologies for troubling him with a letter to London, by saying, ' I shall put it into the denarian post, and there my trouble will end;."
Etymology
From Latin dēnārius (“of the number ten”), from dēnī (“ten each”), from decem (“ten”) + -an.
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