centesimation
Meanings
noun
- The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.
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Etymology
From the Latin centēsimātiō, from centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare quintation, septimation, decimation, vicesimation, and tricesimation.
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