A set of rosary beads is divided into five groups called decades, with ten beads per decade (Time).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ade — ade·cid·u·ate; ade·lan·ta·do; ade·lea; ade·lia; ade·lo·chor·da; ade·lo·co·don·ic; ade·lo·mor·phic; ade·lo·spon·dy·li; ade·na; car·ron·ade; cot·ton·ade; dec·ade; gin·ger·ade; har·le·quin·ade; har·que·bus·ade; lem·on·ade; lime·ade; mes·ade·nia;… … English syllables
decade — dec·ade … English syllables
decadelong — dec·ade·long (dĕkʹād lông , lŏng , də kādʹ ) adj. Lasting a decade: a decadelong national research effort. * * * … Universalium
decade — dec|ade W2S3 [ˈdekeıd, deˈkeıd] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: décade, from Greek dekas, from deka ten ] a period of 10 years … Dictionary of contemporary English
decade — dec|ade [ de,keıd ] noun count *** a period of ten years, especially one beginning with a year that ends in a 0, for example 1990 through 1999: in/over/during/within the past/last/next decade: Prices have risen sharply in the last decade … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
decade — dec•ade [[t]ˈdɛk eɪd[/t]] brit. also [[t]dɪˈkeɪd[/t]] n. 1) a period of ten years 2) a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero: the decade of the 1990s[/ex] 3) a set or series of ten • Etymology: 1425–75; < MF <… … From formal English to slang
decad — Decade Dec ade, n. [F. d[ e]cade, L. decas, adis, fr. Gr. ?, fr. de ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Decade — Dec ade, n. [F. d[ e]cade, L. decas, adis, fr. Gr. ?, fr. de ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chunder — vb Australian to vomit. This term, in use among Aus tralian surfies and others in the 1960s, was imported into Britain later in the dec ade by the strip cartoon The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. The writer, Barry Humphries, derives it from the… … Contemporary slang
half-decade — half dec′ade n … From formal English to slang
