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centurylong

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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.

  2. 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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