decenary

Hist. A town or district consisting of ten freeholding families.

• A freeholder of the decenary (a decennarius) was bound by frankpledge to produce any wrongdoer living in the decenary. — Also spelled decennary.

— Also termed decenna; tithing. Cf. FRANKPLEDGE.

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