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century

cen.tu.ry \'sench-(*-)re-\ n [L centuria, irreg. fr. centum hundred] 1: a 
   subdivision of the Roman legion  2: a group, sequence, or series of 100 
   like things  3: a Roman voting unit constituted according to property 
   qualifications  4: a period of 100 years; specif : one of the 100-year 
   divisions of  the Christian era or of the preceding period