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DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 907 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)  , a
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group or series containing ten members, particularly a period of ten years . In the new
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calendar made at the time of the French Revolution in 1793, a decade of ten days took the place of the week . The word is also used of the divisions containing ten books or parts into which the
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history of Livy was divided .

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