decenary🔊adjUK /dɪˈsɛnəɹi/Etymology From Latin decenarius (“containing 10 items; related to the number 10”), from decem (“ten”) + -ārius (“-ary”) Doublet of decener.1Of or related to the number ten, (particularly) as a base of numeration.2Containing or comprising ten items or units.
decenary🔊nounEtymology From Medieval Latin decēnārius, from decēna (“a tithing”) + -ārius (“-ary”).1Law Historical A tithing.All males... should... be enrolled in a tithing, or decennary, which originally consisted of ten free families.1881, T.S. Frampton, Hundred of Wrotham, page 36:Related termsdecanary
decenary🔊adjEtymology From Medieval Latin decēnārius, from decēna (“a tithing”) + -ārius (“-ary”).1Law Historical Of or related to a tithing.