Centuriate

//sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divide into hundreds. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    Divided into hundreds. not-comparable

    "In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes."

Example

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"In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes."

Etymology

First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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