décima

Noun (1)

decima (plural decimas)

1. (generally obsolete) A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts).
   • He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.1988, Renaissance Studies, volume 2, page 195

   Synonyms:

   tenth

2. (obsolete, generally obsolete) A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.

   Synonyms:

   tenth

3. (generally obsolete) An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch.

   Synonyms:

   double-tierce, great-tierce

Noun (2)

decima (plural decimas)

1. A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.
   • His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.2008 December 4, New York Times, C8

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