decury

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decury

(ˈdɛkjʊərɪ)

n, pl -ries

(Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) a body of ten men

[C16: from Latin decuria; see decurion]

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Decury

a division, company, or body often, 1533.

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decuria

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Among the authors new and fruitful observations concerning the military organization one could mention his suggestion that a pair of archers formed the basic unit of the temple archers and that these pairs were then grouped together into an eight-man decury unit (p.

The Arrows of the Sun: Armed Forces in Sippar in the First Millennium B.C

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