Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CEN'NI-AL
DE'CEN-NA-RYDE-CEN'NO-VAL, or DE-CEN'NO-VA-RY
DE-CEN'NI-AL, a. [L. decennalis, as above.]
Continuing for ten years; consisting of ten years; or happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.
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