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siècle

/ sjɛklə /

noun

  1. a century, period, or era
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

She was a personal enemy of the Church, and spoke of the Jesuits as a subscriber to the Siecle might do to-day.

The author of "Wishmakers' Town" is the child of his period, and has not escaped the maladie du siecle.

Le christianisme ne commence avoir une litterature et des doctrines vraiment helleniques qu au milieu du second siecle.

The young workman grinned: "Soyons de notre siecle," said he, and departed whistling in the tenor clef.

But, take it all in all, it's safer and more in keeping with fin de siecle rules and regulations.

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