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- noun rare The
destruction of one-twentieth of something; especially, thekilling or putting todeath of every twentieth person, especially bylot .
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Probably formed by the suffixation of the Latin vīcēsimus ("twentieth") with the English -ation on the pattern of decimation, but compare the Latin vīcēsimātiō ("a killing of every twentieth man"); the spelling vigesimation is an alteration of vicesimation under the influence of vigesimal.
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