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decima
/ˈdɛsɪmə/
noun 4name 1
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2DECIMA + NOUN
tuscany
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in
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name
1
One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
noun
1
A tenth, particularly
He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.
2
A tenth, particularly
3
A tenth, particularly
noun
1
A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.
His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.
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He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.
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His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.
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