Century

Century

A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred; abbreviated c.) is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages (e.g. "the 7th century AD/CE").

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    “The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.”
    —John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)