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Meaning of 'century' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Century [ n.]
- A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.
- A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
- A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
- One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.