Quincentenary Definition

kwĭnsĕn-tĕnə-rē, kwĭn-sĕntə-nĕrē
noun
A 500th anniversary or its commemoration.
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adjective
Of a 500th anniversary.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to a quincentenary; quincentennial.

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Origin of Quincentenary

  • From Latin quīngentī, quīncentī five hundred (on the model of such words as tercentenary) penkwe in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Quincentenary Sentence Examples

  • Before a performance in London Leading the College 's quincentenary celebrations The Organ Scholars The College has two Organ Scholars at any one time.

  • Quincentenary Campaign In 2005 Christ 's College celebrated its 500th anniversary.

  • The first stone of the buildings was laid on the 26th of March 1388, and they were entered on by the scholars on the 28th of March 1394, not, as supposed at the quincentenary celebration in 1893, in 1393.

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