centurialadj.

Brit.

/sɛnˈtjʊərɪəl/,

/sɛnˈtʃʊərɪəl/, U.S.

/sɛnˈt(j)ʊriəl/

Forms: 1600s centuriall, 1600s– centurial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centuriālis.

Etymology: < classical Latin centuriālis of or relating to a century (in various senses) < centuria century n. + -ālis -al suffix¹.In senses 1 and 3 after century n. 4 and century n. 5 respectively.

†1. Of or relating to the Centuries of Magdeburg (see century n. 4). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1603 R. Parsons 1st Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. I. ii. 34 These Captaine Lutherans do write of this matter in their famous lying and deceiptfull Centuriall Story.

2. Roman History.

a. = centuriate adj. 1. Somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > relating to specific level of Romans

centurial1610

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xvii. 81 The Kings being casheered out of Rome by the great Centuriall Parliament [L. comitijs centuriatis].

a1677 J. Harrington Oceana (1700) 185 The Suffrage in the Centurial Assemblys.

1842 Amer. Q. Reg. May 346 The Centurial Comitia elected him Prætor.

1903 W. W. Willoughby Poltical Theories Anc. World 236 The sanction of the centurial assembly.

2004 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Lifestyle section) k1 Classical election institutions..such as the Centurial Assembly of the Roman Republic.

b. Of or relating to a century in the Roman army (see century n. 2a); spec. (of an inscription, stone, etc.) commemorating the building work carried out by a particular century.In quot. 1662 applied to a centurion's staff of office.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [adjective] > body of 100

centurial1662

centuriate1676

1662 T. Stanley tr. Macrobius Sat. in Hist. Chaldaick Philos. ii. 61 The God commanded a Centurial Vine [L. vitem centurialem]..to be brought.

1732 J. Horsley Britannia Romana viii. 127 It is my opinion that the inscriptions, which I call centurial, have been erected upon the same occasion as the inscriptions in Scotland.

1778 W. Hutchinson View Northumberland I. 141 A centurial stone..with a civic garland rudely sculptured, and a figure of the Roman Eagle.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iii. ii. 42 Legionary or centurial tablets and other Roman inscriptions.

1885 Academy 1 Aug. 77/3 We have another limitary mark on a centurial stone at Manchester.

1912 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 2 274 Regular centurial barracks..still filled the greater part of the area in the third century.

2014 D. J. Breeze in R. Collins & F. McIntosh Life in Limes viii. 59/1 The centurial stones on Hadrian's Wall are peculiarly crude and are unusual in that respect.

3. Of or relating to a period of one hundred years. See also centurial year n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > of a century

centenary1688

centennialc1720

centesimal1754

centurial1756

centenarial1821

1756 J. Echlin Ess. Amendm. Cal. i. 11 Every Centurial Year in the Julian Account is Bissextile; it was ordered therefore, that three successive Centurial Years should be common, by omitting the Intercalation.

1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill iv. 95 Through heaven's great year, When few centurial suns have trac'd their way.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 71 Quadrangles mossy with centurial associations.

1918 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 28 257 A centurial decline of an ethical sort has taken place.

1979 Speculum 54 361 Since the 1780s three editions of the..‘Paston Letters’ have been published at centurial intervals.

2008 Science 11 Jan. 144/1 On centurial scales, Courtillot's team speculates that a higher flux of cosmic rays seeds cloud formation.

Compounds

centurial year n. the last year of a century in the traditional reckoning (see note at century n. 5a), in which the last two digits of the year are 00.

ΚΠ

1756Centurial Year [see sense 3].

1757 J. Ferguson Astron. Explained (ed. 2) xxi. 245 Every 400 years of the New Style gains 3 days upon the Old Style: one of which it gains in each of the centurial years succeeding that which is exactly divisible by 4.

1877 S. Butcher Eccl. Cal. xxx. 36 In any two consecutive centurial years, the 1st of January in the one year will be 6 week-days apart from January 1 in the other.

1982 Sci. Amer. May 104/2 A plan was adopted whereby in three out of every four centurial years..for example 1700, 1800 and 1900..the leap day that would have been added in the Julian system would henceforth be omitted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centurial
释义	centurialadj. Brit. /sɛnˈtjʊərɪəl/, /sɛnˈtʃʊərɪəl/, U.S. /sɛnˈt(j)ʊriəl/ Forms: 1600s centuriall, 1600s– centurial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin centuriālis. Etymology: < classical Latin centuriālis of or relating to a century (in various senses) < centuria century n. + -ālis -al suffix¹.In senses 1 and 3 after century n. 4 and century n. 5 respectively. †1. Of or relating to the Centuries of Magdeburg (see century n. 4). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1603 R. Parsons 1st Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. I. ii. 34 These Captaine Lutherans do write of this matter in their famous lying and deceiptfull Centuriall Story. 2. Roman History. a. = centuriate adj. 1. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > relating to specific level of Romans centurial1610 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xvii. 81 The Kings being casheered out of Rome by the great Centuriall Parliament [L. comitijs centuriatis]. a1677 J. Harrington Oceana (1700) 185 The Suffrage in the Centurial Assemblys. 1842 Amer. Q. Reg. May 346 The Centurial Comitia elected him Prætor. 1903 W. W. Willoughby Poltical Theories Anc. World 236 The sanction of the centurial assembly. 2004 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Lifestyle section) k1 Classical election institutions..such as the Centurial Assembly of the Roman Republic. b. Of or relating to a century in the Roman army (see century n. 2a); spec. (of an inscription, stone, etc.) commemorating the building work carried out by a particular century.In quot. 1662 applied to a centurion's staff of office. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [adjective] > body of 100 centurial1662 centuriate1676 1662 T. Stanley tr. Macrobius Sat. in Hist. Chaldaick Philos. ii. 61 The God commanded a Centurial Vine [L. vitem centurialem]..to be brought. 1732 J. Horsley Britannia Romana viii. 127 It is my opinion that the inscriptions, which I call centurial, have been erected upon the same occasion as the inscriptions in Scotland. 1778 W. Hutchinson View Northumberland I. 141 A centurial stone..with a civic garland rudely sculptured, and a figure of the Roman Eagle. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iii. ii. 42 Legionary or centurial tablets and other Roman inscriptions. 1885 Academy 1 Aug. 77/3 We have another limitary mark on a centurial stone at Manchester. 1912 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 2 274 Regular centurial barracks..still filled the greater part of the area in the third century. 2014 D. J. Breeze in R. Collins & F. McIntosh Life in Limes viii. 59/1 The centurial stones on Hadrian's Wall are peculiarly crude and are unusual in that respect. 3. Of or relating to a period of one hundred years. See also centurial year n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > of a century centenary1688 centennialc1720 centesimal1754 centurial1756 centenarial1821 1756 J. Echlin Ess. Amendm. Cal. i. 11 Every Centurial Year in the Julian Account is Bissextile; it was ordered therefore, that three successive Centurial Years should be common, by omitting the Intercalation. 1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill iv. 95 Through heaven's great year, When few centurial suns have trac'd their way. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 71 Quadrangles mossy with centurial associations. 1918 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 28 257 A centurial decline of an ethical sort has taken place. 1979 Speculum 54 361 Since the 1780s three editions of the..‘Paston Letters’ have been published at centurial intervals. 2008 Science 11 Jan. 144/1 On centurial scales, Courtillot's team speculates that a higher flux of cosmic rays seeds cloud formation. Compounds centurial year n. the last year of a century in the traditional reckoning (see note at century n. 5a), in which the last two digits of the year are 00. ΚΠ 1756Centurial Year [see sense 3]. 1757 J. Ferguson Astron. Explained (ed. 2) xxi. 245 Every 400 years of the New Style gains 3 days upon the Old Style: one of which it gains in each of the centurial years succeeding that which is exactly divisible by 4. 1877 S. Butcher Eccl. Cal. xxx. 36 In any two consecutive centurial years, the 1st of January in the one year will be 6 week-days apart from January 1 in the other. 1982 Sci. Amer. May 104/2 A plan was adopted whereby in three out of every four centurial years..for example 1700, 1800 and 1900..the leap day that would have been added in the Julian system would henceforth be omitted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1603
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