quincentenary

(kwin sen′tə ner ē, kwin′sen ten′ər ē)

adjective

of a 500th anniversary

a 500th anniversary or its commemoration

See quincentenary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. quin·cen·ten·a·ries

A 500th anniversary or celebration.

adjective

Of or relating to a span of 500 years or to a 500th anniversary.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin quīngentī, quīncentī, five hundred (on the model of such words as tercentenary); see penk^we in Indo-European roots

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