Centesimation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centesimation \Cen*tes`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. centesimore to take
     out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.]
     (Mil.)
     The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every
     hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
     [1913 Webster]