CENTURY, in Chronology, the space of 100 years. This method of computing by centuries is generally observed in church history, commencing from the time of our Saviour's incarnation: in which sense we say the first century, the second century, &c.
CENTURI of Magdeburg, a famous ecclesiastical history, ranged into 13 centuries, carried down to the year 1298, compiled by several hundred protestants of Magdeburg, the chief of whom was Flacius Illyricus.
CENTUSSIS in Roman antiquity, a coin containing 100 asses.