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noun, plural cen·tu·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, especially 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.
EXPANDone of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin centuria unit made up of 100 parts, especially company of soldiers, equivalent to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perhaps extracted from decuria decury
1525–35; < Latin centuria unit made up of 100 parts, especially company of soldiers, equivalent to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perhaps extracted from decuria decury
Related forms
half-cen·tu·ry, noun, plural half·-cen·tu·ries.
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| half-century | |
| —n , pl -ies | |
| 1. | a period of 50 years: during the past half-century |
| 2. | a. a score or grouping of 50: a half-century of points |
| b. (as modifier): as I near the half-century mark | |
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