centurial

American  

[sen-toor-ee-uhl, -tyoor-] / sɛnˈtʊər i əl, -ˈtyʊər- /

adjective

1. pertaining to a century.

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centurial British  

/ sɛnˈtjʊərɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a Roman century

2. rare involving a period of 100 years

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Etymology

Origin of centurial

1600–10; < Latin centuriālis, equivalent to centuri ( a ) century + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Naqvi studied with Cyrille at the New School in the mid-’90s and with Smith at CalArts in 2006 — the album title is a nod to the centurial hump between enrollments.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

Take 16 from the centurial figures of the given year, if it can be done, and take the remainder.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

From the centurial figures of the year subtract 17, divide by 25, and keep the quotient.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

X. Subtract IX. and 15 from the centurial figures, divide by 3, and keep the quotient.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

It is not interrupted, however, at the end of every century, for the leap-year is not suppressed in every fourth centurial year; consequently the cycle will then be continued for two hundred years.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols