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Definition of Cento
1. n. A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Definition of Cento
1. Noun. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cento
1. a literary work made up of parts from other works [n -TONES or -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cento
Literary usage of Cento
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Obligation of Contracts Clause of the United States Constitutionby Warren Belknap Hunting by Warren Belknap Hunting (1919)
"50 cento. IX X. Village Communities of Cape Ann and Salem. By HB ADAMS. 50 cento.
XI. ... 50 cento. Vn. Institutional Beginnings In a Western State. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"If imported otherwise than in plain green or colored glass bottles, or if imported
in such bottles containing more than one quart, twenty cento per gallon, ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... exceeding one hundred yards on each spool or reel, for every additional hundred
yards or fractional part thereof in excess of one hundred, six cento per ..."
4. An Atlas of Classical Geographyby William Hughes by William Hughes (1856)
"Price in extra cloth, 60 cento ; half bound, 66 cento. ... Price in extra cloth,
70 cents ; half bound, 76 cento. MT CICERONIS ORATIONES SELECTS XIL With ..."
5. The Massachusetts Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers' Association (Founded 1845), Massachusetts Teachers Federation, Massachusetts Teachers' Association (1858)
"80 cento. VALERIE. 80 cento. LE COLLIER DE PERLES. 80 cento. for ... UNDINE.
Ein Marchen von DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE. With Vocabulary. 50 cento. £. GOETHE. ..."
6. An inquiry into the difference of style observable in ancient glass by Charles Winston (1867)
"THE CINQUE cento STYLE. THE Cinque cento style may be said to have lasted ...
For a short time, therefore, the Perpendicular and Cinque cento styles were ..."
7. The Privileges and Immunities of State Citizenship by Roger Howell (1918)
"50 cento. 'X, Town and County Government in the Colonies. By B. CHANNING. •XI.
... 50 cento. Til. Effect of the War of 1812 upon the American Union. ..."
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