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noun
The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
Topics: government, history, human-sciences, military, politics, sciences, war
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.
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