Meaning

3 senses
  1. Synonym of decade, a ten-year period.

  2. A tenth anniversary, particularly

  3. A tenth anniversary, particularly

    (historical)Synonym of decennalia, the festival and religious ritual held in the 10th year of a Roman emperor's reign.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Latin decennialis, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālis, from decennis (“10-year

From Latin decennialis, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālis, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

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