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centesimations

centesimations is the plural of centesimation.

Meaning of centesimation

Noun

centesimation (countable and uncountable, plural centesimations)

  1. (rare) The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.
    • CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military puniſhment, in caſes of deſertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed.1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, second edition, page 522

Questions about centesimations

What is centesimations the plural of?
Centesimations is the plural of centesimation.

Words near centesimations in the dictionary

  1. centesimate
  2. centesimated
  3. centesimates
  4. centesimating
  5. centesimation
  6. centesimations
  7. centesimi
  8. centesimo
  9. centesimos
  10. centesis
  11. centesm

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