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century (iou)



century noun. LME.
[Latin centuria, from centum a hundred: see -Y3.]
Hist. A company in the ancient Roman army, consisting nominally of a hundred men. LME.
transf.: De Quincey Centuries of armed men..firing from windows.
A group of a hundred things; a hundred. arch. exc. as below. L16.
double century: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. triple century: see TRIPLE adjective & adverb.
Shakespeare Cymbeline A century of prayers.
b. A sum of a hundred dollars, pounds, etc. slang. M19.
c. A score of a hundred made in a sport or game; esp. a hundred or more runs made in one batsman's innings at cricket. L19.
Hist. Each of the 193 divisions by which the Roman people voted in the centuriate assembly. E17.
Orig. more fully century of years. A period of 100 years. E17.
A. Alison Not years, but centuries must elapse.
Each of the hundred-year periods reckoned successively from an accepted epoch, esp. from the date assumed for the birth of Jesus. M17.
first century AD 1-100; twentieth century 1901-2000, popularly 1900-1999; second century BC 200-101 BC; (etc.).
Comb.: century plant = American aloe s.v. ALOE 4.
centuried adjective established for centuries; centuries old E19.