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单词 quindenary
释义

quindenaryn.

Forms: 1600s quindenarie.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quindenarius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quindenarius of or containing fifteen (4th cent.) < classical Latin quīndēnī fifteen each (see quindene n.) + -ārius -ary suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
A set of fifteen; esp. a period of fifteen years.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > fifteen things, persons, etc. > set of fifteen
sesquidecury1650
quindenary1681
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 237 Both the Numbers consisting..of Quindenaries or Indictions.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 238 This happened in the last Quindenarie of the first Number.
1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More vi. 290 It is sufficient that they point to the times in which these Indictions were in use..that may give a latitude of compute by Quindenaries of Fifteens, and not bind the event of the Prophecy to a strict Prophetical day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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