vicenary

English

Alternative forms

• vicenarie

Etymology

From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsəˌnɛɹi/, /ˈvaɪ-/, /-nəɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹi, -ɪsənəɹi, -aɪsənəɹi

Adjective

vicenary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.

   vicenary scale

   vicenary numeration

Synonyms

• See vigesimal

See also

• primary (1)
• secondary (2)
• tertiary (3)
• quaternary (4)
• quinary (5)
• senary (6)
• septenary (7)
• octonary (8)
• nonary (9)
• denary (10)
• undenary (11)
• duodenary (12)
• quindenary (15)
• centenary (100)
• millenary (1000)

Noun

vicenary (plural vicenaries)

1. (military, obsolete or archaic) An officer in command of twenty men.
   • 1603, S. Harsnett, Declaration of Popish Impostures, page 49:

     Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants.

References

• “vicenary”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “vicenary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.