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† ˈdodecade Obs. Also doˈdecady. [f. Gr. δώδεκα twelve, after decade: cf. F. dodécade in Littré.] A group, set, or series of twelve.
c1624Lushington Recant. Serm. in Phenix (1708) II. No. 26. 494 The 12 disciples answering the 12 patriarchs..that both the Testaments, the New and Old, should be founded upon dodecadies. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. ii. 436 We have..a Dodecade of such Rarities. |