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Definition of century
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of century is as below...
Century
(n.) A
period
of a
hundred
years;
as, this event took place over two
centuries
ago..
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Athanasian
::
Athanasian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Athanasius,
bishop
of
Alexandria
in the 4th
century..
Tansy
::
Tansy (n.) A dish
common
in the
seventeenth
century,
made of eggs,
sugar,
rose
water,
cream,
and the juice of
herbs,
baked with
butter
in a
shallow
dish..
Brunonian
::
Brunonian
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
invented
by,
Brown;
-- a term
applied
to a
system
of
medicine
promulgated
in the 18th
century
by John
Brown,
of
Scotland,
the
fundamental
doctrine
of which was, that life is a state of
excitation
produced
by the
normal
action
of
external
agents
upon the body, and that
disease
consists
in
excess
or
deficiency
of
excitation..
Glassite
::
Glassite
(n.) A
member
of a
Scottish
sect,
founded
in the 18th
century
by John
Glass,
a
minister
of the
Established
Church
of
Scotland,
who
taught
that
justifying
faith is no more than a
simple
assent
to the
divine
testimone
passively
recived
by the
understanding.
The
English
and
American
adherents
of this faith are
called
Sandemanians,
after
Robert
Sandeman,
the
son-in-law
and
disciple
of
Glass..
Bissextile
::
Bissextile
(n.) Leap year; every
fourth
year, in which a day is added to the month of
February
on
account
of the
excess
of the
tropical
year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is
equivalent
to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the
excess
of the real year.
Hence,
it is
necessary
to
suppress
the
bissextile
day at the end of every
century
which is not
divisible
by 400, while it is
retained
at the end of those which are
divisible
by 400..
Caravel
::
Caravel
(n.) The
caravel
of the 16th
century
was a small
vessel
with broad bows, high,
narrow
poop, four
masts,
and
lateen
sails.
Columbus
commanded
three
caravels
on his great
voyage..
Minim
::
Minim (n.) One of an
austere
order of
mendicant
hermits
of
friars
founded
in the 15th
century
by St.
Francis
of
Paola.
Buddhism
::
Buddhism
(n.) The
religion
based upon the
doctrine
originally
taught
by the
Hindoo
sage
Gautama
Siddartha,
surnamed
Buddha,
the
awakened
or
enlightened,
in the sixth
century
b. c., and
adopted
as a
religion
by the
greater
part of the
inhabitants
of
Central
and
Eastern
Asia and the
Indian
Islands.
Buddha's
teaching
is
believed
to have been
atheistic;
yet it was
characterized
by
elevated
humanity
and
morality.
It
presents
release
from
existence
(a
beatific
enfranchisement,
Nirvana)
as the
greatest
Freethinker
::
Freethinker
(n.) One who
speculates
or forms
opinions
independently
of the
authority
of
others;
esp., in the
sphere
or
religion,
one who forms
opinions
independently
of the
authority
of
revelation
or of the
church;
an
unbeliever;
-- a term
assumed
by
deists
and
skeptics
in the
eighteenth
century..
Hexapla
::
Hexapla
(sing.)
A
collection
of the Holy
Scriptures
in six
languages
or six
versions
in
parallel
columns;
particularly,
the
edition
of the Old
Testament
published
by
Origen,
in the 3d
century..
Priscillianist
::
Priscillianist
(n.) A
follower
of
Priscillian,
bishop
of Avila in
Spain,
in the
fourth
century,
who mixed
various
elements
of
Gnosticism
and
Manicheism
with
Christianity..
Secle
::
Secle (n.) A
century.
Huguenot
::
Huguenot
(n.) A
French
Protestant
of the
period
of the
religious
wars in
France
in the 16th
century.
Centurial
::
Centurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
century;
as, a
centurial
sermon..
Si
::
Si () A
syllable
applied,
in
solmization,
to the note B; more
recently,
to the
seventh
tone of any major
diatonic
scale.
It was added to
Guido's
scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th
century..
Dionysian
::
Dionysian
(a.)
Relating
to
Dionysius,
a monk of the 6th
century;
as, the
Dionysian,
or
Christian,
era..
Luciferian
::
Luciferian
(n.) One of the
followers
of
Lucifer,
bishop
of
Cagliari,
in the
fourth
century,
who
separated
from the
orthodox
churches
because
they would not go as far as he did in
opposing
the
Arians..
Resolutioner
::
Resolutioner
(n.) One who makes a
resolution;
one who joins with
others
in a
declaration
or
resolution;
specifically,
one of a party in the
Scottish
Church
in the 17th
century..
Mont De Piete
::
Mont de piete () One of
certain
public
pawnbroking
establishments
which
originated
in Italy in the 15th
century,
the
object
of which was to lend money at a low rate of
interest
to poor
people
in need; --
called
also mount of
piety.
The
institution
has been
adopted
in other
countries,
as in Spain and
France.
See
Lombard-house..
Ophite
::
Ophite
(a.) A
mamber
of a
Gnostic
serpent-worshiping
sect of the
second
century.
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