centurion

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
centurion
    n 1: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Centurion \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.
   [1913 Webster]

         A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. --Acts
                                                  x. 1.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Centurion
a Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44,
45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Acts
10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt. 8:5, 8, 13;
Luke 7:2, 6; Acts 21:32; 22:25, 26; 23:17, 23; 24:23; 27:1, 6,
11, 31, 43; 28:16. A centurion watched the crucifixion of our
Lord (Matt. 27:54; Luke 23:47), and when he saw the wonders
attending it, exclaimed, "Truly this man was the Son of God."
"The centurions mentioned in the New Testament are uniformly
spoken of in terms of praise, whether in the Gospels or in the
Acts. It is interesting to compare this with the statement of
Polybius (vi. 24), that the centurions were chosen by merit, and
so were men remarkable not so much for their daring courage as
for their deliberation, constancy, and strength of mind.", Dr.
Maclear's N. T. Hist.
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "centurion":
      C, NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, bicentenary,
      bicentennial, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial,
      centennium, centigram, centimeter, centipede, centistere, centred,
      centref, centrev, centumvir, centumvirate, century,
      chief warrant officer, color sergeant, corporal, cwt,
      first sergeant, gross, havildar, hecatomb, hundred, hundredweight,
      lance corporal, lance sergeant, long hundred, master sergeant,
      mess sergeant, naik, noncom, noncommissioned officer, one C,
      platoon sergeant, sarge, sergeant, sergeant first class,
      sergeant major, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, staff sergeant,
      technical sergeant, tercentenary, tercentennial, top sergeant,
      topkick, warrant officer

    

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