century

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion

'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con.

That was his tenth professional century.