centurion

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Behind the centurion are the heads of many others.

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  1. noun The commander of a century in the Roman army.

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  • A centurion was a commander of a hundred men; his rank and his position therefore, corresponded somewhat with those of a captain in a modern army. —  History of Julius Caesar
  • Behind the centurion are the heads of many others. —  Latest Articles
  • Luke's story reveals that this centurion was a supportive of the Jewish community and had built for them a synagogue, represented by the wood which this figure holds. —  Latest Articles
  • In this interpretation, the small head behind the centurion is the cured servant and the heads behind him the members of the centurion's household, all of who came to believe in Christ because of the miracle of the servant's cure. —  Latest Articles
  • By ability and character you may rise from private soldier to centurion, that is to say, commander of a hundred, but in ordinary circumstances you can climb no further up the military ladder. —  Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin centuriō, centuriōn-, from centuria, group of a hundred; see century.

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  1. from Middle English centurion = French centurion = Spanish centurion = Portuguese centurião = Italian centurione, from Latin centurio(n-), from centuria, a company of a hundred: see century.
 

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