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centuried

American  
[sen-chuh-reed] / ˈsɛn tʃə rid /

adjective

  1. existing for an indefinite number of centuries.

  2. very old; ancient.


Etymology

Origin of centuried

First recorded in 1810–20; century + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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The Free Synagogue is aligning itself with that centuried tradition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing, for example, could be better adapted for nesting purposes than these cedar trees; not so much the centuried veterans, as the young things of ten or twenty years' growth.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee

A sage and aged chap of infinite vest, who wears the broad-brimmed hat of reticent respectability, and nestles in much shirt-collar like a centuried owl.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

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

The human mind, bared to a centuried slime, is teeming with repulsive life of countless world-delusions.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

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