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Centurion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cen‐tu″ri‐on (?), n. [L. centurio, fr. centuria; cf. F. centurion. See Century.] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.

A centurion of the hand called the Italian band.

Acts x. 1.