centurion
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- noun
- /sɛnˈtjʊəriən/
- His life had always been hard, for he was almost uneducated, and his father, a retired centurion of the XII Legion, had gambled away the land he'd been given in lieu of a pension.
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Watch on YouTubeWe know of at least one centurion who was there on that day.
- We know of at least one centurion who was there on that day.
- So Pilate sends the centurion out, says go see if he's actually dead.
- From raw recruit to senior centurion.
Examples
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He was a centurion in the Roman army.
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And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by,
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We know of at least one centurion who was there on that day.
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"And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you according to your faith."
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You must go to Gethsemane and signal the centurion.
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"There was Marcellus, a centurion who converted to Christianity.
Academic text (2003) -
The Apostle Peter, directed by God, went to the home of the Gentile Roman Centurion and preached the Gospel.
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From the whole liturgy, my favorite words are those of the centurion, repeated before communion: "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof."
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Brastius Red-beard, the Gaelic cattle-king I once thought was my father, came dressed in the armor of a Roman centurion.
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He was a centurion in the Roman army, commanding a hundred soldiers during the campaign.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Centurion comes from the Latin part centum meaning 'hundred'. A centurion was a Roman officer who led about one hundred soldiers, so the word directly links to 'hundred', like century and cent.