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cen·tes·i·ma·tion

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Wiktionary

  1. centesimationnoun

    The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoner or mutineer) for execution.

  2. Etymology: From the centesimatio, from centesimo, from centesimus; compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Centesimationnoun

    the infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny

  2. Etymology: [L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. centesimation

    In ancient military history, a mild kind of military punishment, in cases of desertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every one hundredth man was executed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Centesimation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Centesimation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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