Basis of Financial Statement Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015 Segment
Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	1
Century Bancorp Capital Trust II [Member]
Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Equity ownership interest	100.00%

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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