Of or pertaining to a century.

A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.

(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient.

A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

plural of century

(obsolete) To divide into hundreds.

divided into hundreds

Used to indicate the most remarkable example of its kind in recent history.

simple past tense and past participle of centuriate

present participle of centuriate