decury

American  

[dek-yoo-ree] / ˈdɛk yʊ ri /

noun

Roman History.

plural

decuries

1. a division, company, or body of ten men.

2. any larger body of men, especially the curiae.

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decury British  

/ ˈdɛkjʊərɪ /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a body of ten men

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Etymology

Origin of decury

First recorded in 1525–35, decury is from the Latin word decuria a company of ten. See decurion, -y ³

Example Sentences

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 Livius, Titus

For the effect of the law is, to make those men judges in the third decury who do not dare to judge with freedom.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Know then that dancers, harp-players, the whole troop, in fact, of Antonius's revellers, have all been pitchforked into the third decury of judges.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

What? are not all the laws of Caesar respecting judicial proceedings abrogated by the law which has been proposed concerning the third decury?

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius