With reference to military punishment: the selection by lot of every hundredth person for execution. Cf. decimation, n. 2a.
| 单词 | θ172844 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > execution of every hundredth (1) centesimation1660 With reference to military punishment: the selection by lot of every hundredth person for execution. Cf. decimation, n. 2a. |
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