| n. | 1. | A period of ten years. |
| 2. | (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. |
| Noun | 1. | decennary - a period of 10 years |
DECENNARY, Eng. law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten families of freeholders. Ten tithings composed a hundred. 1 Bl. Com. 114.
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