centurial
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to a Roman century
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rare involving a period of 100 years
Etymology
Origin of centurial
1600–10; < Latin centuriālis, equivalent to centuri ( a ) century + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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Naqvi studied with Cyrille at the New School in the mid-’90s and with Smith at CalArts in 2006 — the album title is a nod to the centurial hump between enrollments.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
X. Subtract IX. and 15 from the centurial figures, divide by 3, and keep the quotient.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
In the first class were about eighteen centuries of horse, being those which, by the institution of Servius, were first called to the suffrage in the centurial assemblies.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
It is not interrupted, however, at the end of every century, for the leap-year is not suppressed in every fourth centurial year; consequently the cycle will then be continued for two hundred years.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
This is corrected by the Gregorian, by making three consecutive centurial years common years, thus suppressing three days in 400 years.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
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