FromLatindecenarius(“containing 10items;related to thenumber 10”), fromdecem(“ten”) +-ārius(“-ary”)[1]Doublet ofdecener.
decenary (notcomparable)
- Of orrelated to thenumberten,(particularly) as abase ofnumeration.
- Containing orcomprisingtenitems orunits.
FromMedieval Latindecēnārius, fromdecēna(“atithing”) +-ārius(“-ary”).[2]
decenary (notcomparable)
- (law, historical) Of orrelated to atithing.
decenary (pluraldecenaries)
- (law, historical) Atithing.
1881, T.S. Frampton,Hundred of Wrotham, page36:All males... should... be enrolled in atithing, ordecennary, which originally consisted of ten free families.
- ^Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "decenary,adj.1" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.
- ^Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "decenary | decennary,adj.2 andn." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.
