secle

The English word “secle” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A century.
The length of an epoch, believed to be the amount of time that elapsed from the start of one epoch to the time when no one who was alive at that point is still alive (starting at the founding of Rome).

From Latin saeculum. Compare French siècle. See secular. Doublet of saeculum.

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