"yestercentury" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From yester- + century.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "glosses": [
        "In the century preceding the current century."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "current",
          "current#English"
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        "not-comparable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "yestercentury"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From yester- + century.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
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        {
          "ref": "1920 July 5, D. R. Piper, “Have we any user for creeds”, in Homiletic Review, volume 80, page 5:",
          "text": "Yet the creeds of yestercentury remain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The previous century, the last century before the current one."
      ],
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  "word": "yestercentury"
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  "etymology_text": "From yester- + century.",
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "In the century preceding the current century."
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  "word": "yestercentury"
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  "etymology_text": "From yester- + century.",
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          "ref": "1920 July 5, D. R. Piper, “Have we any user for creeds”, in Homiletic Review, volume 80, page 5:",
          "text": "Yet the creeds of yestercentury remain.",
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        "The previous century, the last century before the current one."
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