centuried

American  

[sen-chuh-reed] / ˈsɛn tʃə rid /

adjective

1. existing for an indefinite number of centuries.

2. very old; ancient.

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Etymology

Origin of centuried

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

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

They rode through golden furze So high the horsemen only were descried; And glades whose centuried oaks their branches laid O'er violet banks; and fruit trees, some snow-veiled Like bridesmaid, others like the bride herself Behind her white veil blushing.

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