1.
[syn: decade, decennary, decennium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring
families. --Burrill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decennary
n 1: a period of 10 years [syn: decade, decennary,
decennium]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
DECENNARY, Eng. law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten
families of freeholders. Ten tithings composed a hundred. 1 Bl. Com. 114.