单词 | succenturiation |
释义 | † succenturiationn. Obsolete. The supply of recruits to fill up a ‘century’ or company; gen. the supply (of persons or things). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > to fill up company succenturiation1643 1643 M. Newcomen Craft Churches Adversaries 32 Such a succenturiation there hath been of plots, that we may say of them, as she of Gad, A Troope commeth. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 161 Then they entered into consideration of constituting the Third Estate, and what succenturiation, what supplement should be resolved upon in the lieu of Bishops. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Succenturiation,..a filling up the number of Souldiers wanting in any Company. 1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 51 The..succenturiation of the persons called to supply the room of them that having served their generation, are now fallen asleep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1643 |
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