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decennary

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de⋅cen⋅na⋅ry

  [di-sen-uh-ree] noun, plural -ries, adjective
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–noun
1. a decennium.
–adjective
2. pertaining to a period of ten years; decennial.
Origin:
1815–25; < L decenn(is) of ten years (dec(em) ten + -ennis, comb. form of annus a year) + -ary
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de·cen·na·ry   (dĭ-sěn'ə-rē)   
adj.  Of or relating to a ten-year period.
n.   pl. de·cen·na·ries
A period of ten years; a decade.

[From Latin decennis, lasting for ten years; see decennium.]
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