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duoˈdecad, -ade
[ad. late L. duodecas the number twelve: cf. decade.]
A group of twelve; a period of twelve years; = dodecade.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribae i. 258 Ogdoades, Duodecads, Triacontads..and all the æones, blasphemous speculations [of the Gnostics]. 1866Contemp. Rev. III. 57 The changes necessitated by a duodecade of eventful years. |
