decad

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decad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?,
     fr. de`ka ten. See Ten.]
     A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a
     decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of
     soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also decad.]
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           During this notable decade of years.     --Gladstone.
     Decadence

  Decad \Dec"ad\, n.
     A decade.
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           Averill was a decad and a half his elder. --Tennyson.
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