Decennary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decennary \De*cen"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Decennaries}. [L. decennium a
     period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]
     1. A period of ten years.
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     2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring


        families. --Burrill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decennary
       n : a period of 10 years [syn: {decade}, {decennium}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DECENNARY, Eng. law. A town or tithing, consisting originally of ten 
  families of freeholders. Ten tithings composed a hundred. 1 Bl. Com. 114.