Decennium
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noun.
A period of ten years; a decade.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A period of ten years.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A period of ten years.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A period of ten years.
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noun.
a period of 10 years
Word Usage
"He was occupied actively with teaching, but the dominant feature of the decennium was his assumption of the Darwinian doctrines."
Etymologically Related
millennium
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mapleguy
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
decade
variant
decennia