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See also:CENTURY (from See also:Lat. centuria, a See also:division of a See also:hundred men) , the name for a unit in the See also:Roman See also:army, originally amounting to one See also:hundred men, and for one of the divisions into which the Roman See also:people was separated for voting purposes (see See also:CoMITIA) . The word is applied to any See also:group of one hundred, and more particularly to a See also:period of a hundred years, and to the successive periods of a hundred years, dating before or after the See also:birth of See also:Christ . The " See also:Century-plant " is a name given to the See also:Agave (q.v.), or See also:American See also:aloe, from the supposition that it flowered once only in every hundred years . |
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