decennary
/dɪˈsɛnəɹi/ adjective, noun
Forms decennaries
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin decennis (“decennial, of ten years”) + -ary.
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decanarius (“containing ten items; related to the number ten”).
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decēnārius.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A period of ten years.
- noun A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. Burrill.
Etymology [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “decennary”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details