decennary

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛnəɹi/

Etymology 1

From Latin decennis (“decennial, of ten years”) + -ary.[1]

Adjective

decennary (not comparable)

  1. Decennial: of or related to a ten-year period.

Noun

decennary (plural decennaries)

  1. A decennium: a period of ten years.
Usage notes

Although decade may be taken as any group of ten years, it is commonly restricted to the informal ten-year periods of the calendar whose last digits run from 0 to 9. Decennary &c. has no such restriction.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decanarius (“containing ten items; related to the number ten”).[2]

Adjective

decennary (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of decenary: of or related to the number ten; containing ten items.

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decēnārius.[3]

Adjective

decennary (not comparable)

  1. (law, historical) Alternative form of decenary: of or related to a tithing.

Noun

decennary (plural decennaries)

  1. (law, historical) Alternative form of decenary: 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.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "decennary, adj. and n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.
  2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "decenary, adj.1" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.
  3. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "decenary | decennary, adj.2 and n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.
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