Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Century (centuries)
century (centuries), n. [Fr. centurie or L. centuria, an assemblage or division of one hundred things.] (webplay: company, enacting, people, time, years).
- Era; epoch; period of time lasting one hundred years; [personification] very long time.
- Phrase. “once a Century”: about one time in a hundred years.
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