century

A period of 100 years. The original Latin centuria means simply "one hundred" and was used to describe any collection of 100 items. In the Roman army, a century was a group of 100 men, each known as a centurion. One of the few modern examples of "century" being used other than to denote a period of time is in the game of cricket where a batsman who scores 100 runs in an innings is said to have "made a century."

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