A literary or musical composition made up of selections; a string or rigmarole; a composition formed by joining scraps from other authors; a patchwork of coloured cloths.
Cenoby, Centgener, Centeener, Century, Cete
Examples: cento of blunders; of borrowed thoughts; of commonplaces; of literary works; of musical composition; of uncircumcised nations; of patchwork; of revolters of popery; of scriptural phrases; of verses.