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vicenary

UK/ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/US/ˈvɪsəˌnɛɹi/

vicenary adjective: of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.

Adjective

vicenary (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
    • vicenary scale
    • vicenary numeration
    Synonyms:
    vigesimal

Noun

vicenary (plural vicenaries)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) An officer in command of twenty men.
    • Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants.1603, S. Harsnett, Declaration of Popish Impostures, page 49

Synonyms of vicenary

Forms of vicenary

Adjective
alternative formvicenarie
Noun
pluralvicenaries

Origin of vicenary

From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.

Words formed from vicenary

Words that rhyme with vicenary

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Questions about vicenary

What does vicenary mean?
Vicenary means of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
What part of speech is vicenary?
Vicenary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce vicenary?
Vicenary is pronounced /ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/ (UK).

Words near vicenary in the dictionary

  1. vicemen
  2. vicenarian
  3. vicenarians
  4. vicenaries
  5. vicenarious
  6. vicenary
  7. Vicencio
  8. Vicencios
  9. vicenin
  10. vicenins
  11. vicenistatin

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