indecimable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- (“not”) + Latin decimare (“to tithe”). Compare French indécimable. See decimate.
Adjective[edit]
indecimable (not comparable)
- Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.
- 1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London:
- What things be indecimable by the Law, and ought not to pay tithe.
References[edit]
- “indecimable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.