Century
Cen´tu`ry
| n. | 1. | A hundred; | ||||||
| 2. | A period of a hundred years; | |||||||
| 3. | (Rom. Antiq.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
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| Noun | 1. | century - 100 years |
| 2. |  century - ten 10s |
CENTURY, civil law. One hundred. The Roman people were divided into centuries. In England they were divided into hundreds. Vide Hundred. Century also means one hundred years.
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