vicenary

== English == === Alternative forms === vicenarie === Etymology === From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/, /ˈvaɪ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪsəˌnɛɹi/, /ˈvaɪ-/ Rhymes: -ɛɹi, -ɪsənəɹi, -aɪsənəɹi === Adjective === vicenary (not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty. ==== Synonyms ==== See vigesimal ==== See also ==== primary (1) secondary (2) tertiary (3) quaternary (4) quinary (5) senary (6) septenary (7) octonary (8) nonary (9) denary (10) undenary (11) duodenary (12) quindenary (15) centenary (100) millenary (1000) === Noun === vicenary (plural vicenaries) (military, obsolete or archaic) An officer in command of twenty men. === References === “vicenary”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “vicenary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.