Centesimation
//ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution. countable, rare, uncountable
"CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military puniſhment, in caſes of deſertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed."
Example
More examples"CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military puniſhment, in caſes of deſertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed."
Etymology
From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.
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