Definition of Decimetion
Dec`i*ma"tion (?), n. [L.
decimatio: cf. F. décimation.]
1. A tithing. [Obs.] State Trials
(1630).
2. A selection of every tenth person by lot,
as for punishment. Shak.
3. The destruction of any large proportion,
as of people by pestilence or war. Milman.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A tithing.
- A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
- (RQ:Shakespeare Timon), V-v - By decimation and a tithed death, / ... take thou the destin'd tenth.
- 1702: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana - And the whole army had cause to enquire into their own rebellions, when they saw the Lord of Hosts, with a dreadful decimation, taking off so many of our brethren by the worst of executioners.
- The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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