English

Alternative forms

• decennary

Adjective

decenary ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or related to the number ten, (chiefly) as a base of numeration.
2. Containing or comprising ten items or units.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin decēnārius, from decēna ‎(“a tithing”) + -ārius ‎(“-ary”).^[2]

Adjective

decenary ‎(not comparable)

1. (law, historical) Of or related to a tithing.

Noun

decenary ‎(plural decenaries)

1. (law, historical) A tithing.
   • 1881, T.S. Frampton, Hundred of Wrotham, p. 36:

     All males... should... be enrolled in a tithing, or decennary, which originally consisted of ten free families.

References

1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "decenary, adj.¹" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.
2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "decenary | decennary, adj.² and n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.