Synonym: 100, C, centred, hundred, one C. Similar words: centurion, venture, accentuate, in turn, momentum, eventually, Cent., scent. Meaning: ['sentʃʊrɪ] 
n. 1. a period of 100 years 2. ten 10s.
n. 1. a period of 100 years 2. ten 10s. 
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151 The earliest recorded usage of the word is in the twelfth century.
152 The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.
153 It's a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.
154 Leprosy is one of the few tropical diseases which could be eradicated early in the 21st century.
155 The temperance movement was at its peak at the end of the 19th century.
156 Built in the 13th century, the chapels are contemporaneous with many of the great Gothic cathedrals.
157 These photographs capture the essence of working-class life at the turn of the century.
158 The Coca-Cola bottle is one of the classic designs of the last century.
159 He is considered the foremost British artist of this century.
160 By the 5th century, the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
161 Environmental quality will be the watchword for the 21st century.
162 To the rear is a large dining room-added on early this century.
163 Chaucer flourished at the end of the 14 th century.
164 The area was resettled in the latter half of the century.
165 This splendid if extraordinary erection from the last century is a local landmark.
166 Most of us are peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.
167 The paintings of Paul Cezanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.
168 We were witnessing the most important scientific development of the century.
169 Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the sixteenth century.
170 James had been dead a quarter of a century and the doctors had turned their coats several times since.
171 She has now held the post of Prime Minister longer than anyone else this century.
172 Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century.
173 Archaeologists have uncovered necklaces[sentencedict.com], pendants and other personal ornaments from the third century.
174 In the US the enslavement of Africans and their descendants continued well into the second half of the 19th century.
175 Millions of immigrants flocked to these shores in the 19th century.
176 Women were not given the franchise in Britain until the twentieth century.
177 Freud's views on sexuality set the agenda for much of the century .
178 These methods of working were established in the last century.
179 The feud with the Catholics goes back to the 11th century.
180 In the 19 th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity.
More similar words: centurion, venture, accentuate, in turn, momentum, eventually, Cent., scent, recent, center, decent, accent, per cent, central, recently, incentive, percentage, adolescent, concentrate, concentrating, concentration, bury, jury, injury, entertainment, sentiment, scene, license, descend, scenario.