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decuries

decuries is the plural 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

Questions about decuries

What is decuries the plural of?
Decuries is the plural of decury.

Words near decuries in the dictionary

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

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