Cen*tes`i*ma"tion (?), n. [L. centesimore to take out or select every hudredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.] Mil.
The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
<-- "centesm" out of order in original -- some error. = centesim?-->
© Webster 1913.