decennary

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decennary
    n 1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decade}, {decennary},
         {decennium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decennary \De*cen"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Decennaries}. [L. decennium a
   period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]
   1. A period of ten years.
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   2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring
      families. --Burrill.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DECENNARY, Eng. law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten 
families of freeholders. Ten tithings composed a hundred. 1 Bl. Com. 114.

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