Score Years
A "Score Year" is the equivalent of twenty years. Therefore, five score years are equivalent to one hundred years.
The score is a term used mainly in the bible, and used by the Pilgrim Fathers and early settlers on the North American continent. You will almost certainly find it used by the Quakers.
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