decennium n 1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decade}, {decennary}, {decennium}]
Decennium \De*cen"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Decenniums}, L. {Decennia}. [L.] A period of ten years. "The present decennium." --Hallam. "The last decennium of Chaucer's life." --A. W. Ward. Decennoval