Definition of Decennaries

1. Noun. (plural of decennary) ¹

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Definition of Decennaries

1. decennary [n] - See also: decennary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decennaries

decemlocular
decempedal
decemvir
decemviral
decemvirate
decemvirates
decemviri
decemvirs
decenaries
decenary
decence
decencies
decene
decenes
decennaries (current term)
decennary
decennia
decennial
decennially
decennials
decennium
decenniums
decent
decentalisation
decenter
decentered
decentered lens
decentering
decenters

Literary usage of Decennaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England). (1883)
"Richard Joe and John Reynold, decennaries of ... defendant, of a plea that whereas John Bryan and William Lue, Braban^on, decennaries of ..."

2. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"ENGLAND. or in controversies arising between members of different decennaries, the cause was brought before the hundred, . which consisted of ten ..."

3. A Topographical History of the County of Leicester: The Ancient Part ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1831)
"... or in controversies arising between members of different decennaries — the cause was brought before the hundred, which consisted of ten ..."

4. The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"... was obliged to appear, and, together with three chief members of the three neighbouring decennaries, making twelve in all, to swear that his ..."

5. The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and by Samuel Maunder (1862)
"... was obliged to appear, and, together with three chief members of the three neighbouring decennaries, making twelve in all, to swear that his ..."

6. The Modern Pleader: Containing the Several Forms of Declarations in All by John Impey (1794)
"In affairs of greater moment, in appeals from the decennaries, ... confided of ten decennaries, or a hundred families of freemen, and which was regularly ..."

7. The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication by David Hume (1854)
"... was obliged to appear, and, together with three chief members of the three neighboring decennaries, (making twelve in all) to swear that his ..."

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