▪ I. decennary, a. and n.
(dɪˈsɛnərɪ)
[f. L. decenn-is of ten years + -ary: cf. decennal.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a period of ten years; decennial.
| 1855 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XVI. ii. 577 The average home-produce of wheat..during each of these decennary periods. |
B. n. A period of ten years; a decennium.
| 1822 W. R. Hamilton in Parr's Wks. (1828) VIII. 34 The awful predictions of the Whigs during the last decennary. 1826 H. C. Robinson Diary (1869) II. 322 The fifth decennary of the nineteenth century. 1873 C. Robinson N.S. Wales 72 Dividing the decennary into two equal parts, it will be found that..during the earlier five years [etc.]. |
▪ II. decennary
see decenary.