decad

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?,
   fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.]
   A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a
   decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of
   soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.]
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         During this notable decade of years.     --Gladstone.
   Decadence

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decad \Dec"ad\, n.
   A decade.
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         Averill was a decad and a half his elder. --Tennyson.
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