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
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
Above, the old weathercock groans, but remembers Creaking, to turn, in its centuried rust.
From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy
He praised the progressive, resourceful and hygienic habits of the West, and the religious ideals which give a centuried halo to the East.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
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