decury
noun
a division, company, or body of ten men.
decuries
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pluralof decury.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then came a Flemish company of two hundred men, with its captain and its standard bearer, and divided into two centuries commanded by the troop sergeants, and in decuries commanded by the rot-meesters.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
The members are divided into three decuries, evidently according to professional rank, and their names and arms are also given.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Thus the hundred senators divide the government among them, ten decuries being formed, and one selected from each decury, who was to have the chief direction of affairs.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius
“We are but of yesterday,” cried Tertullian, “and we fill all your cities, islands, forts, councils, even the camps themselves, the tribes, the decuries, the palaces, the senate, and the forum.”
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I have two decuries of men in your Atrium.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Henry William Herbert
