Century /(?)/

Cen·tu·ry

Century

n.

pl. Centuries

  1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.]
    And on it said a century of prayers.
  2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
  3. A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (Rom. Antiq.)

Phrases & Compounds
Century plant
the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See Agave.
The Magdeburg Centuries
an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.