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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
century \cen"tury\, n.; pl. centuries. l. centuria in
   senses 1  3, fr. centum a hundred: cf. f. centurie. see
   cent.
   1. a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a
      hundred things. archaic.
      1913 webster

            and on it said a century of prayers.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place
      over two centuries ago.
      1913 webster

   note: century, in the reckoning of time, although often used
         in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive
         years as, a century of temperance work, usually
         signifies a division of the christian era, consisting
         of a period of one hundred years ending with the
         hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first
         century a. d. 1-100 inclusive; the seventh
         century a.d. 601-700; the eighteenth century
         a.d. 1701-1800. with words or phrases connecting
         it with some other system of chronology it is used of
         similar division of those eras; as, the first century
         of rome a.u.c. 1-100.
         1913 webster

   3. rom. antiq.
      a a division of the roman people formed according to
          their property, for the purpose of voting for civil
          officers.
      b one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army
          was divided. it was commanded by a centurion.
          1913 webster

   century plant bot., 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
centuries cent a d century plant agave americana 
agave the magdeburg centuries 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
century
     n 1: 100 years
     2: ten 10s syn: hundred, 100, c, one c, centred
see also:
hundred 100 c one c centred 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
132 moby thesaurus words for "century":
   c, c-note, g, g-note, abundant year, academic year, aeon, age,
   ages, annum, bicentenary, bicentennial, bissextile year, buck,
   calendar month, calendar year, cartwheel, cent, cental, centare,
   centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram,
   centimeter, centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev,
   centumvir, centumvirate, centurion, common year, copper, cwt, day,
   decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, dime, dollar,
   dollar bill, eternity, fifty cents, fin, fiscal year, fish,
   five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill,
   five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, fortnight, four bits,
   frogskin, grand, gross, half g, half a c, half dollar, half grand,
   hecatomb, hour, hundred, hundred-dollar bill, hundredweight,
   iron man, leap year, long, long hundred, long time, long while,
   lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour,
   microsecond, mill, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month,
   month of sundays, moon, nickel, one c, penny, quarter,
   quinquennium, red cent, regular year, right smart spell, sawbuck,
   second, semester, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, session,
   sidereal year, silver dollar, skin, smacker, solar year, sun,
   ten cents, ten-spot, tenner, tercentenary, tercentennial, term,
   thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, trimester, twelvemonth,
   twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill,
   two-spot, week, weekday, yard, year, years, years on end




[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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. 



[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
century, fl town, fips 11375
  location: 30.97747 n, 87.26153 w
  population 1990: 1989 872 housing units
  area: 8.5 sq km land, 0.2 sq km water
  zip codes: 32535
century, wv
  zip codes: 26214

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
century, fl -- u.s. town in florida
   population 2000:    1714
   housing units 2000: 800
   land area 2000:     3.280645 sq. miles 8.496830 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.060760 sq. miles 0.157367 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.341405 sq. miles 8.654197 sq. km
   fips code:            11362
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             30.977648 n, 87.261500 w
   zip codes 1990:     32535
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    century, fl
    century



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