Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A body of ten men under a decurion; the office or authority of a decurion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
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- noun historical A set or squad of ten men under a
decurion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the sixth day he was succeeded as interrex by the second most senior patrician in the House also leader of his decury; the second interrex was empowered to hold the elections.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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He called out the number, the man allocated it stepped forward, and he then passed on to the next decury.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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This temporary supreme magistrate called the interrex held office for five days only as custodian of Rome; he had to be patrician, the leader of his decury of senators, and in the case of the first interrex, the senior patrician in the House.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The prefect of the decury, one Cornelius, had all the lictor's confidence in his own inviolability; it never occurred to him for a moment that Artemidorus and his band would resort to force to remove them from before the door.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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A tribune of the soldiers simply walked from one end of his row to the other, stopping before each decury and pulling a tablet from his basket.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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I will use these decuries as the jury base, though no decury will be permanently seconded to duty in one particular court.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The moment Ria had gone scuttling out into the icy world crying for Burgundus, Phagites walked to the front door and opened it; outside in the lane there waited his henchmen, the members of his decury of ten.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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“What happens if my decury is drawn for jury duty while I myself am occupied in acting for a defendant in another trial?”
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Mummius had worked feverishly to devise the quickest and simplest method of procedure, as the most important numerical division for decimation was the decury of ten men; it went without saying that Crassus himself had been an enormous help with the logistics.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Death was meted out to the man who had drawn the lot by the other nine men of his decury, who were required to beat him to death with their cudgels.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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