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decennary

decennary

9.9
A period lasting ten years
  • noun
  • /dɪˈsɛnəri/
  • Archaic
translation icon : decenio
  • The city is celebrating its first decennary with a large festival to mark ten years of growth.

Examples

  • Many changes have occurred in the technology industry over the last decennary.

  • She plans to assess her achievements at the end of each decennary to set new goals.

  • Over every one of these tithings or decennaries, there was a chief called a tithingman or burgh-holder, who had the power to call a court and to try small offenses.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

decade
vsdecennary
∞ 1.0

A period of ten years

has identical meaning but appears in a different single-word form
decad
vsdecennary
  • Archaic
6.8

A period of ten years

has identical meaning but appears in a different single-word form
decennium
vsdecennary
8.2

A period of ten years

has identical meaning but appears in a different single-word form

Surface Forms

decennary singular
decennaries plural

Morphology

decennary = decennium (opaque) = decenn + ary

The combinational element 'decenn-' is a Latinate combining form unfamiliar to average learners, so the meaning 'ten years' is not transparently derived for B1 learners.

Etymology

Decennary comes from the Latin parts dec- 'ten' and annus 'year', and it is like the common word decade, so a decennary is a period of ten years.