† decimen.¹

Forms: 1600s decyne (probably transmission error), 1600s 1800s decime.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin decima.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin decima (from 12th cent. in British sources in this sense: see decima n.).

English History. Obsolete.

A subdivision of the former administrative areas in English counties known as 'hundreds' (hundred n. and adj. 5); = tithing n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative divisions in Britain > tithing

tithingOE

dozena1555

decime1610

decenary1647

frank-pledge1761

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 158 Hee caused the Counties to be parted into Centuries, that is, Hundreds, and Decimes [L. decimas], that is, Tithings.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. ii. 3/2 Elfred..ordained Centuries, which they terme Hundreds, and Decimes, which they call Tithings.

c1650 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (Bodl. MS Gough Devon. 3) (title) The Corographicall description or Decynes of the County of Devon.

1821 H. B. Shillibeer Anc. Customs Taunton Deane 121 According to Camden, he [sc. King Alfred] first divided the kingdom into counties, then caused the counties to be divided into centuries, or hundreds, and decimes, or tithings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

decimen.²

Brit.

/dɛˈsiːm/, U.S.

/dɛˈsim/

Forms: 1700s– decime, 1800s décime.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French décime.

Etymology: < French décime one-tenth (1611), one-tenth of a livre (1793; compare note at definition), one-tenth of a franc (1795) < classical Latin decima decima n.Not fully naturalized in English.

A monetary unit of France from 1795 to 1999 equal to one tenth of a franc (cf. franc n. 2); a coin of this value.In quot. 1793 regarding the proposed decimalization of the franc, which was approximately equal in value to the livre tournois; the terms livre and franc were often used synonymously prior to decimalization.Coins with décime as a denomination were only officially issued between 1795 and 1801, and 1814–15, although the term remained in use as a nickname for later ten-centime coins.

ΚΠ

1793 Evening Mail 6 Sept. The livre shall be divided into ten parts, to be called decimes (tenths).

1822 Galignani's Paris Guide (ed. 10) p. v The franc of silver is considered as its unity; the tenth part of which is called décime, and the hundredth part centime.

1891 Pract. Teacher 28 Mar. 171/1 (table) The table of money is—10 centimes (10 c) = 1 decime (1 d); 10 decimes = 1 franc (1 fr.).

1919 Numismatist Nov. 413 France, Two Decimes, First Republic.

1999 P. D. van Wie Image, Hist., & Politics i. 8 Copper coinage predominated and was minted in denominations of one and five centimes and one and two decimes (ten and twenty centimes).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decime
释义	† decimen.¹ Forms: 1600s decyne (probably transmission error), 1600s 1800s decime. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin decima. Etymology: < post-classical Latin decima (from 12th cent. in British sources in this sense: see decima n.). English History. Obsolete. A subdivision of the former administrative areas in English counties known as 'hundreds' (hundred n. and adj. 5); = tithing n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative divisions in Britain > tithing tithingOE dozena1555 decime1610 decenary1647 frank-pledge1761 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 158 Hee caused the Counties to be parted into Centuries, that is, Hundreds, and Decimes [L. decimas], that is, Tithings. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. ii. 3/2 Elfred..ordained Centuries, which they terme Hundreds, and Decimes, which they call Tithings. c1650 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (Bodl. MS Gough Devon. 3) (title) The Corographicall description or Decynes of the County of Devon. 1821 H. B. Shillibeer Anc. Customs Taunton Deane 121 According to Camden, he [sc. King Alfred] first divided the kingdom into counties, then caused the counties to be divided into centuries, or hundreds, and decimes, or tithings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). decimen.² Brit. /dɛˈsiːm/, U.S. /dɛˈsim/ Forms: 1700s– decime, 1800s décime. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French décime. Etymology: < French décime one-tenth (1611), one-tenth of a livre (1793; compare note at definition), one-tenth of a franc (1795) < classical Latin decima decima n.Not fully naturalized in English. A monetary unit of France from 1795 to 1999 equal to one tenth of a franc (cf. franc n. 2); a coin of this value.In quot. 1793 regarding the proposed decimalization of the franc, which was approximately equal in value to the livre tournois; the terms livre and franc were often used synonymously prior to decimalization.Coins with décime as a denomination were only officially issued between 1795 and 1801, and 1814–15, although the term remained in use as a nickname for later ten-centime coins. ΚΠ 1793 Evening Mail 6 Sept. The livre shall be divided into ten parts, to be called decimes (tenths). 1822 Galignani's Paris Guide (ed. 10) p. v The franc of silver is considered as its unity; the tenth part of which is called décime, and the hundredth part centime. 1891 Pract. Teacher 28 Mar. 171/1 (table) The table of money is—10 centimes (10 c) = 1 decime (1 d); 10 decimes = 1 franc (1 fr.). 1919 Numismatist Nov. 413 France, Two Decimes, First Republic. 1999 P. D. van Wie Image, Hist., & Politics i. 8 Copper coinage predominated and was minted in denominations of one and five centimes and one and two decimes (ten and twenty centimes). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1610n.²1793
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