noun /ˈsɛn.tʃəɹ.iː,ˈsɛn.tʃɚ.i/
a) A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con.
b) A unit in ancient Roman, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
Syn: centuria
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