Meanings
- uncountableA method of land measurement used in Ancient Rome, characterised by the regular layout of a square grid traced using surveyors' instruments.
One particularly aggressive proponent of centuriation was Emperor Septimius Severus, who ruled from A.D. 192 to 211 and whose 400,000-man army was spread across an empire of 70 million people, from the Atlantic to the eastern shores of the Black Sea and from northern England to southern Egypt.
2015 November 4, Beppe Severgnini, “Let Refugees Settle Italy’s Empty Spaces”, in New York Times
Origin
- Latincenturiātiō
- Englishcenturiation
Learned borrowing from Latin centuriātiō.
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centuriation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centuriation
“centuriation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centuriation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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