Tercentenary Definition

tûrsĕn-tĕnə-rē, tər-sĕntə-nĕrē
tercentenaries
noun
A 300th anniversary or its celebration.
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Synonyms:
adjective

Tricentennial.

Webster's New World
Of or relating to a span of 300 years or to a 300th anniversary.
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Other Word Forms of Tercentenary

Noun

Singular:
tercentenary
Plural:
tercentenaries

Origin of Tercentenary

  • Latin ter thrice tern2 centenary

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

Tercentenary Sentence Examples

  • At the tercentenary of " Bishop Morgan's Bible " in 1888 a national movement of appreciation was set on foot amongst Welshmen of all denominations both at home and abroad, with the result that XXVIII.

  • The discontinued Harveian Institution for young men was named after William Harvey, discoverer of the circulation of the blood, a native of Folkestone (1578), who is also commemorated by a tercentenary memorial on the Lees.

  • When in 1817 he went abroad to further his education, Germany was about to celebrate the tercentenary of the Reformation; and thus early he conceived the ambition to write the history of that great epoch.

  • In 1909 a great celebration of the tercentenary was held in the United States.

  • In late 1988 it returned to The Dale, Chester, to celebrate the tercentenary on the Roodee in 1989.

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