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Centuries
Century Cen"tu*ry, n.; pl. Centuries. [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent.] 1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.] And on it said a century of prayers. --Shak. 2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago. Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century (a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100). 3. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See Agave. The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

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- A century is a period of 100 years or 10 decades. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the...
- number of centuries have been scored by Virat Kohli (8 centuries) followed by Jos Buttler with 7 centuries and Chris ****le with 6 centuries. David Warner...
- credited as a co-writer for "Centuries." The song is written in the key of E minor. "Centuries" A 23-second sample of "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy, where the...
- to the mid-15th centuries, France was plunged into a dynastic conflict with England known as the Hundred Years' War. In the 16th century, French culture...
- triple century is slightly rarer than a bowler taking a Test hat-trick (32 triple centuries versus 46 hat-tricks as of October 2024). No triple centuries have...
- pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. Academics have pointed out that the early years of previous centuries were commonly pronounced as, for...
- "Century", a 1991 song by Intastella "Century", a song by Big Thief from the 2019 album U.F.O.F. "Centuries" (song), by Fall Out Boy, 2014 Centuries,...
- (MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 (MMM), spanning the 21st to 30th centuries. Ongoing ****ures studies s**** to understand what will likely continue...
- century is the transition from one century to another, or the time period before or after that change in centuries. The phrase "turn of the century"...
- score centuries in each of his first three Test innings as captain. In 2016, Kohli became the fifth player to score three or more double centuries in a...