decennary

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decennary - 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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decennary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  decennary
      n 1: a period of 10 years [syn: decade, decennary,
           decennium]

decennary - 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.