decenary
English
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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin decenarius (“containing 10 items; related to the number 10”), from decem (“ten”) + -ārius (“-ary”)[1]
Adjective
decenary (not comparable)
- Of or related to the number ten, (particularly) as a base of numeration.
- Containing or comprising ten items or units.
Etymology 2
From Medieval (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin decēnārius, from decēna (“a tithing”) + -ārius (“-ary”).[2]
Adjective
decenary (not comparable)
- (law, historical) Of or related to a tithing.
Noun
decenary (plural decenaries)
- (law, historical) A tithing.
- 1881, T.S. Frampton, Hundred of Wrotham, page 36:
- All males... should... be enrolled in a tithing, or decennary, which originally consisted of ten free families.