The division of the work into decads was made by copyists at a much later period, and was no part of the author's own plan.
The twenty-five extant books of the third, fourth, and fifth decads cover a period of fifty years, from the beginning of the second Punic to the conclusion of the third Macedonian war.
But Sir Gardner Wilkinson collected a series of proofs that among the Egyptians the later system of decads was historically preceded by the division of the months into four weeks of seven days each.
And a few of these new creations have in a course of a few decads of years penetrated so deep into the national mind as to be treated as something primitive and aboriginal; so e.
Ten Decads encircle her neck, nine Enneads are about her heart, and seven Hebdomads are under her feet, and each has emanated a Hebdomad.
Three decads will fall by that trio in front of their house and they will boast of victory over a king or a chief of the reavers.
Nine decads will fall at their hands in their first encounter, and a man will fall for each of their weapons, besides one for each of themselves.
Nine decads will fall by them in their first conflict, etc.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decads" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
