vicenary

English

Alternative forms

  • vicenarie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

vicenary (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
    vicenary scale
    vicenary numeration

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Noun

vicenary (plural vicenaries)

  1. (military, obsolete or archaic) An officer in command of twenty men.
    • 1603, S. Harsnett, Declaration of Popish Impostures, page 49:
      Delicat, another Captaine, or vicenarie in Sara, hauing vnder him twenty assistants.

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