[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. trans. Dupin’s Eccl. Hist. 16th C., II. v. 93. He particularly answers the Objections of the Centuriators.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 1 Sept., 1/2. The painstaking criticism of the Magdeburg Centuriators.
