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cen·tu·ry

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–noun, plural -ries.

1.	a period of 100 years.

2.	one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, esp. from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.

3.	any group or collection of 100: a century of limericks.

4.	(in the ancient Roman army) a company, consisting of approximately 100 men.

5.	one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.

6.	(initial capital letter) Printing. a style of type.

7.	Slang. a hundred-dollar bill; 100 dollars.

8.	Sports. a race of 100 yards or meters, as in track or swimming, or of 100 miles, as in bicycle racing.

9.	Cricket. a score of at least 100 runs made by one batsman in a single inning.

[Origin: 1525–35; < L centuria unit made up of 100 parts, esp. company of soldiers, equiv. to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perh. extracted from decuria decury

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cen·tu·ry Audio Help (sěn'chə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cen·tu·ries

Abbr. C. or c. or cent.
1. A period of 100 years.
2. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era.
3. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
4. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
1. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
2. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
A group of 100 things.

[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

cen·tu'ri·al adj., cen'tu·ry·long' adj.

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