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.

(obsolete) To divide into hundreds.

divided into hundreds

plural of century

plural of centuriator

Of or pertaining to a century.

simple past tense and past participle of centuriate

present participle of centuriate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centuriate

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