decennium

Noun
Synonyms: decadedecennary

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Noun (1)decennia, decenniums

  1. a period of 10 yearsSynonyms: decadedecennaryType of time period, period of timeKinds sixties, fifties, twenties, nineties, 1830s, 1840s, 1530s, 1860s, 1820s, 1870s +11 morePart of centuryParts year, twelvemonth
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

De·cen′ni·um noun; pl. Decenniums (#), L. Decennia (#).

Origin: L.

A period of ten years. “The present decennium.” Henry Hallam “The last decennium of Chaucer's life.” Adolphus William Ward

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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