Vicenary

//ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An officer in command of twenty men. archaic, obsolete

    "Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty. not-comparable

    "vicenary scale"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or based on 20 wordnet

Synonyms

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quantitativevicenariousvigenaryvigesimal

Example

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"Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants."

Etymology

From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.

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