centuried

[ sen-chuh-reed ]

adjective

1. existing for an indefinite number of centuries.
2. very old; ancient.

Word History and Origins

Origin of centuried¹

First recorded in 1810–20; century + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Before the portico, however, grows a lusty scion, for the Tree of Guernica is of unbroken lineage, shoots being always cherished to succeed in case the centuried predecessor fail.

From Project Gutenberg

A sage and aged chap of infinite vest, who wears the broad-brimmed hat of reticent respectability, and nestles in much shirt-collar like a centuried owl.

From Project Gutenberg

The Free Synagogue is aligning itself with that centuried tradition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing, for example, could be better adapted for nesting purposes than these cedar trees; not so much the centuried veterans, as the young things of ten or twenty years' growth.

From Project Gutenberg

We may be witnessing an almost conscious break with the centuried tradition of filial self-subordination, or it may be that the revolt of the Jewish child seems more serious than it is because of the filial habit of obedience in the life of the Jewish home.

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