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cen⋅tu⋅ry

  [sen-chuh-ree]
–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.
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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   (sěn'chə-rē)   
n.   pl. cen·tu·ries

  1. 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.

  3. 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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Word Origin & History

century 
1533, "one hundred (of anything)," from L. centuria "group of one hundred" (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army headed by a centurion), from centum "hundred" (see hundred). The Mod.E. meaning is attested from 1628, short for century of years.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

century

see turn of the century.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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