decury

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UK/ˈdɛkjəɹi/

noun

A group of ten men under the command of a decurion.

OriginLatin decuria →
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Meanings

noundecury (plural decuries)

plural decuries

  1. Ancient RomeA group of ten men under the command of a decurion.

    If one, two, or more of a decury proceed bravely to battle, and the rest do not follow, the cowards are slain.

    1760, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1
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    Accordingly, the hundred senators divided the government among themselves, ten decuries being formed, and the individual members who were to have the chief direction of affairs being chosen into each decury.

    1904, John Henry Freese, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Roman History, Books I-III

Origin

  1. Latindecuria
  2. Englishdecury

From Latin decuria, from decem (“ten”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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