centuriate

adjective

cen·​tu·​ri·​ate

-ˌāt

1

: of or relating to centuries or hundreds

centuriate assemblies

2

: divided into centuries or hundreds

centuriate lands

Word History

Etymology

Latin centuriatus, past participle of centuriare to divide into hundreds, from centuria group of one hundred

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