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A subdivision of a shire in England, Ireland,
and parts of the USA. The term was originally
used by Germanic peoples to denote a group of
100 warriors, also the area occupied by 100
families or equalling 100 hides (one hide
being the amount of land necessary to support
a peasant family). When the Germanic peoples
settled in England, the hundred remained the
basic military and administrative division of
England until its abolition 1867.