Centuriator
(sɛnˈtjʊərɪeɪtə(r))
[a. L. centuriātor, n. of action f. centuriāre to centuriate.]
pl. (usually Centuriators of Magdeburg): A name given to a number of Protestant divines who in the 16th c. compiled a Church History in thirteen volumes, each volume embracing a century. Formerly called centurists.
| 1660 Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii, The innumerable errors in the matter which have been observed by the centuriators of Magdeburg. 1706 tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. v. 93 He particularly answers the Objections of the Centuriators. 1883 Pall Mall G. 1 Sept. 1/2 The painstaking criticism of the Magdeburg Centuriators. |