Decuman (Decumanus; Degyman; died {c.|706}) was one of the Celtic saints who came to Somerset from South Wales during the seventh century, arriving on a raft (or his cloak) with a cow for a companion. There he was a pastor and physician to the local inhabitants. ==Life and cult== Decuman is said to have been born of noble parents at Rhoscrowther i...
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principle; large; primary
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• (a.) Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.
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Dec'u·man adjective [ Latin
decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, from
decem ten.] Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [ R.] Also used substantively. 'Such
decuman billows.'
Gauden. 'The baffled
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decuman 1. Large or immense; such as, a wave. 2. In ancient Rome: of or pertaining to the tenth cohort of a legion. Also called the decuman gate. In ancient Rome, it was the main gate of a military camp, facing away from the enemy and near which the tenth cohort (unit) of the legion was usually stationed.
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large or immense, as a wave. · (in ancient Rome) of or pertaining to the tenth cohort of a legion.
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