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decury

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dec⋅u⋅ry

  [dek-yoo-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries. Roman History.
1. a division, company, or body of ten men.
2. any larger body of men, esp. the curiae.
Origin:
1525–35; < L decuria a company of ten. See decurion, -y 3
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