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vicenary

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16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/
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/ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/ · /ˈvaɪ-/ · /ˈvɪsəˌnɛɹi/

Definition of vicenary

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
    “vicenary scale”
    “vicenary numeration”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
    “vicenary scale”
    “vicenary numeration”

noun

  1. (archaic, obsolete)An officer in command of twenty men.
    “Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants.”

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Etymology

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

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