centuriedadj.
/ˈsɛntʃ(ᵿ)rɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rid/ Now somewhat archaic.
Established or lasting for centuries; centuries-old.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > having had specific length of existence
septimestre1658
centuried1821
tercentenarian1881
1821 Ld. Byron Prophecy of Dante iii, in Marino Faliero (2nd issue) 239 This centuried eclipse of woe.
1868 Harper's Bazar 23 May 471/1 The noble galleries of the Louvre, with all its stores of centuried learning.
1922 Eng. Rev. Sept. 187 Till he, so wandering, half at loss, Shall mark nor house nor tree, But centuried ghosts that cry across That bled and beaten sea.
1945 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 619/2 His admirable reflections on the centuried wisdom of England.
2010 J. E. Lendon Song of Wrath (2012) iii. 108 Thebes was..left to weigh her centuried glory against the dusty insignificance of her present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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