Definition of Decury. Meaning of Decury. Synonyms of Decury

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Definition of Decury

Decury
Decury Dec"u*ry, n.; pl. Decuries. [L. decuria, fr. decem ten.] A set or squad of ten men under a decurion. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Meaning of Decury from wikipedia

- In Ancient Rome, a decury (Latin decuria, plural: decuriae) was a group of ten people, ranged under one chief, or commander, called a decurio. In Roman...
- were organized into a corporation composed of several decuries; during the late Republic, the decuries sometimes lent lictors to private citizens holding...
- decemviri, decennary, decennial, decennium, decuple, decurion, decurionate, decury, ****er, doyen, doyenne decimus decim- tenth decimal, decimate, decimation...
- The archers fielded by these temples were divided into contingents or decuries (ešertu) by profession, each led by a commander (rab eširti). These commanders...
- author Pliny, the Dindari were a medium-sized Illyrian tribe made up of 33 decury, accounting to approximately 3,300 males. During the time of the Great Illyrian...
- the senate, comprised at that time of 100 men, arranged itself into ten decuries, and each decurio governed Rome for five days as interrex. The decurios...