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Definition of Centurion
1. Noun. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers.
Generic synonyms: Warrior
Category relationships: Antiquity
Definition of Centurion
1. n. A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
Definition of Centurion
1. Noun. An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers. ¹
2. Noun. (cricket) A player who scores a century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centurion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centurion
Literary usage of Centurion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Being an Attempt at by George V. Wigram (1870)
"8: 5. there came unto him a centurion, 8. The centurion answered and said, 13.
Jesus said unto the centurion, 27:54. when the centurion, and they that Lu. ..."
2. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"The centurion or Provost (" Vicarius ").J— These two functionaries were not
distinguished one from the other, at least not under the Carolingians.2 The ..."
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