centurial

American  

[sen-toor-ee-uhl, -tyoor-] / sɛnˈtʊər i əl, -ˈtyʊər- /

adjective

1. pertaining to a century.

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centurial British  

/ sɛnˈtjʊərɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a Roman century

2. rare involving a period of 100 years

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Etymology

Origin of centurial

1600–10; < Latin centuriālis, equivalent to centuri ( a ) century + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

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

From the centurial figures of the year subtract 17, divide by 25, and keep the quotient.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

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 Packer, George Nichols

The next centurial year that is exactly divisible by 19, is 3800.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

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 Harrington, James