census

Definition

An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnseō. See censor.

Example Sentences

• "As you know, the Imperium has never been able to take a census of the Fremen. Everyone thinks that there are but few wandering here and there in the desert. My Lord, I suspect an incredible secret has been kept on this planet: that the Fremen exist in vast numbers- vast- and it is they who control Arrakis."
• "In what census of living creatures, the dead of mankind are included ..."