Centurion Sentence Examples

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  • He was a purely military man appointed by the emperor, usually a centurion whose term of service was completed.

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  • A century was a group of 100 men commanded by a centurion.

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  • He entered the army, and under Caracalla rose to the rank of centurion.

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  • Three walkers completed in excess of 100 miles and we welcomed one new Australian centurion into our elite club.

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  • Was the roman centurion from Capernaum there, or that other centurion who with a deep stirring of the spirit watched Him die?

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  • Eligible cards include Blue, Green, Optima, Platinum, Gold, Centurion and Small Business.

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  • One of his clients, Marcus Claudius, swore that she was the child of a slave belonging to him, and had been stolen by the childless, wife of the centurion.

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  • While at Joppa he stayed with Simon the tanner, and thence was summoned to Caesarea to Cornelius the centurion.

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  • Next, we see that wherever we are able to observe its method of relating an incident, as in the case of the healing of the centurion's servant, we have the same characteristics of brevity and simplicity which we admired in St Mark.

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  • Anson's squadron, which sailed later than had been intended, and was very ill-fitted, consisted of six ships, which were reduced by successive disasters to his flagship the "Centurion."

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  • The steady diminution of his crew by sickness, and the worn-out state of his remaining consorts, compelled him at last to collect all the survivors in the "Centurion."

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  • Another and much inferior account was published in 1745 by Pascoe Thomas, the schoolmaster of the "Centurion."

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  • Even in His death, did not the centurion say, " Truly, this was the Son of God "?

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  • To be able to command a centurion thus suggests he is in a favored position.

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  • You should be satisfied that he had as much faith as he did. ' But consider the centurion.

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  • In 244 the birthday of Augustus, the legion's namesake, was celebrated by the senior centurion at Caerleon.

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  • The Bible tells us of a Samaritan woman, an Ethiopian eunuch, a gentile centurion.

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  • Of the later wards ' Anson ' was, from 1836, dominated by the preserved figurehead of his ship centurion.

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  • Last week we saw how Jesus healed a leper and then a gentile centurion's servant.

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  • Among later visits, that of Commodore Anson, in the "Centurion" (June 1741) led, on his return home, to a proposal to form an English settlement on Juan Fernandez; but the Spaniards, hearing that the matter had been mooted in England, gave orders to occupy the island, and it was garrisoned accordingly in 1750.

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  • The works (see above) of Sagra, Humboldt and Arango are indispensable; also those of Francisco Calcagno, Diccionario biogrdfico Cubano (ostensibly, New York, 1878); Vidal Morales y Morales, Iniciadores y primeros mdrtires de la revolucion Cubana (Havana, 1901); Jose Ahumada y Centurion, Memoria historica politica de.

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  • Nothing pleased him better than to take part with the centurion or the soldier in fencing or other military exercise, and he would applaud any shrewd blow which fell upon his own helmet.

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  • Last week we saw how Jesus healed a leper and then a gentile centurion 's servant.

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  • American Express decided to make the rumor a reality in 1999 by introducing the Amex Centurion Card.

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  • The "Centurion" name was selected for this special card to reflect the image of the centurion which American Express had used as their trademark for many years.

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  • The Centurion card name is used by the company but the card continues to be known by the public as the American Express Black Card.

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  • Personal and business versions of the Centurion card are issued by invitation-only in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia.

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  • The Centurion Card was designed for the international traveler who is looking for the best in service and selection from airline travel, accommodations and vacations.

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  • Cardholders earn points for using their Centurion Card for purchases.

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  • Travel can be arranged through Centurion Travel Service with no restrictions or blackout dates.

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  • The travel options for the Centurion cardholder also include a variety of interesting vacations options.

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  • Instead they receive personal invitations from American Express to become a Centurion Card member.

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  • As of 2009 the Centurion Card issued in the United States had an annual fee of $2,500.

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  • The Visa Black Card has an annual fee of only $495 (as of 2010); however, the services and amenities are not as lavish as those provided to Centurion cardholders.

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  • This species is said to have been originally introduced by the cook of H.M. ship Centurion, commanded by Lord Anson, in 1744, and was cultivated by Philip Miller in the Botanic Garden at Chelsea.

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  • Some special editions have been released at specific events, such as the San Diego Comic Con Cylon Centurion, so collectors should keep an eye out for exclusives at conventions.

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  • A Cylon Centurion meets them and as they escape Muffit destroys a Centurion by ripping into the leg.

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  • This feature makes the Cylon centurion one of the most recognizable alien "villains" of the silver screen.

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  • Enamoured of the beautiful daughter of the plebeian centurion Virginius, Claudius attempted to seize her by an abuse of justice.

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  • And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

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  • He was still but a centurion when chosen by the army of the Danube to lead it against Constantinople.

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  • Of his early years nothing is directly known, and we first hear of him in middle life as serving during the Second Punic War, with the rank of centurion, in Sardinia, in the year 204, where he attracted the attention of Cato the elder, and was taken by him to Rome in the same year.

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  • These women watched His burial, which was performed by a Jewish councillor, to whom Pilate had granted the body after the centurion had certified the reality of the unexpectedly early death.

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  • Catiline now resolved upon open war; preparations were set on foot throughout Italy, especially in Etruria, where the standard of revolt was raised by the centurion C. Manlius (or Mallius), one of Sulla's veterans.

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  • In 1737 he was appointed to the "Centurion," 60, on the eve of war with Spain, and when hostilities had begun he was chosen to command as commodore the squadron which was sent to attack her possessions in South America in 1740.

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  • This movie, set in 140 AD, is about a centurion named Marcus Aquila who comes to Scotland from Rome to solve the mystery of his father's legion's disappearance twenty years ago and to make peace with his loss.

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