| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cen·tu·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s n ch -r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. cen·tu·ries
1. abbr. C. or c. or cent. a. A period of 100 years. b. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era. 2a. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men. b. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people. 3. A group of 100 things. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred. See dek in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | cen·turi·al —ADJECTIVE
centu·ry·long —ADJECTIVE
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