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Decennary

Decennary \De*cen"na*ry\, n.; pl. Decennaries. [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]

  1. A period of ten years.

  2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.
    --Burrill.

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decennary

n. 1 A period of ten years. 2 (context UK legal obsolete English) A tithing consisting of ten neighbouring family.

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decennary

n. a period of 10 years [syn: decade, decennium]

Usage examples of "decennary".

But I was a European, and I had not lived long enough in the country to acquire the absolute passivity of the Native, as some Europeans will do, who live for many decennaries in Africa.