The common prisoners…were ordered to cast lots for every twentieth man to be tried, as a sort of vicesimation.
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Vicesimation
//ˌvaɪsiːsɪˈmeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "vicesimation"
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Welsh
1 entries- ugeiniant noun (destruction of one-twentieth; killing of every twentieth)
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We must change the numerator of our fraction.…If one must have the precise fractional term in “ation,” and the loss is one in five, let him coin the word quintation…if one in twenty, vicesimation.
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