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Definition of "decennary" [de•cen•na•ry]

  • Of or relating to a ten-year period. (adjective)
  • A period of ten years; a decade. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "decennary" in a sentence
  • "And therefore, anciently, no man was suffered to abide in England above forty days, unless he were enrolled in some tithing or decennary."
  • "Thirty-one days were allowed them for producing the criminal; and if that time elapsed without their being able to find him, the borsholder, with two other members of the decennary, was obliged to appear, and, together with three chief members of the three neighboring decennaries,"
  • "When any person, in any tithing or decennary, was guilty of a crime, the borsholder was summoned to answer for him; and if he were not willing to be surety for his appearance, and his clearing himself, the criminal was committed to prison, and there detained till his trial."