century : Idioms & Phrases

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Century plant
half-century
Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres
quarter-century
The Magdeburg Centuries
turn of the century
twentieth century

Century plant

noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
American aloe; agave.

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(Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; hence the name. See Agave.

Webster 1913

half-century

noun a period of 50 years

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Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres

. See under Century, and Hemisphere.

Webster 1913

quarter-century

noun a period of 25 years

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The Magdeburg Centuries

an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

Webster 1913

turn of the century

noun the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century

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twentieth century

noun the century from 1901 to 2000

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