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▪ I. cenˈturiate, a.
[ad. L. centuriāt-us pa. pple. of centuriā-re: see next.]
In centuriate assemblies (or centuriate comitia), translating L. comitia centuriata, a meeting in which all the Roman people voted by centuries (see century 2). Also, of, pertaining to, or divided into centuries.
1600Holland Livy vi. xli. 247 In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes. 1901F. F. Abbott Hist. & Descr. Rom. Pol. Instit. 27 The action of the centuriate comitia in electing magistrates, in passing laws, and in deciding appeals was of no great immediate value to the plebs. Ibid. 76 The reformed centuriate assembly was essentially democratic. 1918Haverfield in Eng. Hist. Rev. XXXIII. 296 The boundaries of Roman centuriate land.
▪ II. centuriate, v. rare.
[f. L. centuriāt- ppl. stem of centuriā-re, to divide into centuries, f. centuria century.]
†1. ‘To divide into bands of hundreds’ (Bailey 1721). Obs.
2. In Roman colonization, to divide and assign land (see centuriation).
1918Haverfield in Eng. Hist. Rev. XXXIII. 289 It would follow that the territorium of..a provincial colonia..would be centuriated when first surveyed and laid out. Ibid. 296 The whole of northern Essex..would have been surveyed and centuriated on one general scheme. |