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decuria

decuria is the alternative form of decury.

Meaning of decury

Noun

decury (plural decuries)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
    • If one, two, or more of a decury proceed bravely to battle, and the rest do not follow, the cowards are slain.1760, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1

Forms of decuria

pluraldecurias

Questions about decuria

What is decuria the alternative form of?
Decuria is the alternative form of decury.

Words near decuria in the dictionary

  1. decuplet
  2. decuplets
  3. decupling
  4. decuply
  5. decurdling
  6. decuria
  7. decurias
  8. decuries
  9. decurion
  10. decurionate
  11. decurionates

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