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Definition of Centurial
1. a. Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon.
Definition of Centurial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a century ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centurial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centurial
Literary usage of Centurial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Having obtained the centurial number for any century, we add to it the year ...
centurial numbers OS are obtained by subtracting the centurial figure or ..."
2. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1890)
"It belongs to the class known as " centurial stones," of which we have at present
five in number found in Chester. These relate to, 1. ..."
3. The Roman wall: An Historical, Topographical, and Description of the Barrier by John Collingwood Bruce (1853)
"The only other class of inscribed stones to which reference will now be made, is
that of centurial stones. The centurions seem to have been in the habit of ..."
4. Our Roman Highways by Urquhart Atwell Forbes, Arnold C. Burmester (1904)
"... colonial territories—centurial stones and landmarks indicating boundaries of
colonies—Examples of centurial stones —Colonial distinguished from military ..."
5. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1886)
"THE Roman Tablet, of which T now submit a new reading, is the first inscription
of a centurial nature recorded as having been found at Chester. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Roman Inscribed and Sculptured Stones in the Grosvenor by Grosvenor Museum (Chester, England), Francis Haverfield (1900)
"centurial STONES. The Roman Government frequently employed soldiers to build
fortifications, roads, ... Such little records are called "centurial Stones. ..."
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