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# centurion

«centurion» in Mova's school dictionary: **An officer in the army of ancient Rome, in charge of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a centurion, centurions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An officer in the army of ancient Rome, in charge of about 80 to 100 soldiers (a century). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#m1)

2) (Bible) Centurions appear in the New Testament, such as the centurion at Capernaum whose servant Jesus healed, and the centurion at the cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons on the Romans, the centurion had a helmet with a sideways crest and carried a vine stick; he trained and led his soldiers. In Bible lessons, the centurion's faith is a well-known story («Lord, I am not worthy…»). In cricket and sport slang, a «centurion» is a player who scores a hundred.

### examples

- The centurion shouted orders to his soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x1)
- A centurion led about eighty legionaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x2)
- Our class built a model of a centurion's helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x3)
- In the Bible, a centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x4)
- The centurion's helmet had a crest from side to side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x5)
- Roman centurions guarded Hadrian's Wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/#x6)

### note

Countable: a centurion, centurions. From Latin «centum» (a hundred), like century and cent. Maths link: a century of soldiers was named for 100, but in practice it was often 80 men.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «centurion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/centurion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.