centuried
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Origin of centuried
Example Sentences
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The Free Synagogue is aligning itself with that centuried tradition.
From Time Magazine Archive
The centuried oaks To their very roots rock; And crying, for shelter Course cattle and flock.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
Before the portico, however, grows a lusty scion, for the Tree of Guernica is of unbroken lineage, shoots being always cherished to succeed in case the centuried predecessor fail.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
Its front gate, I noted, was a centuried relic from a distant shrine.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
He led me past his cottage screen Of flowers, far down the wood Where, towering o'er the landscape green, A centuried oak-tree stood.
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