decury

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Etymology

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From Latin decuria, from decem (ten).

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Noun

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decury (plural decuries)

  1. (Ancient Rome) A group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
    • 1904, John Henry Freese, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Roman History, Books I-III[1]:
      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.
    • 1760, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1[2]:
      If one, two, or more of a decury proceed bravely to battle, and the rest do not follow, the cowards are slain.

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