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Definition of Bicentenary
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years. "Bicentennial celebration"
2. Noun. The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
Generic synonyms: Anniversary, Day Of Remembrance
Derivative terms: Bicentennial
Definition of Bicentenary
1. a. Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.
Definition of Bicentenary
1. Noun. a two-hundred year anniversary ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bicentenary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bicentenary
Literary usage of Bicentenary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Law Times by Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Privy Council (1919)
"A NOTABLE bicentenary. The suggestion of Mr. Justice Chisholm that the bicentenary
of the establishment of the first Court of Judicature, administering the ..."
2. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1911)
"The De l'Epée bicentenary.—The two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Abbe
de l'Epée will be celebrated by an International Congress of the Deaf to ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The year 1920 marks the bicentenary of Gilbert White, who was born at Selborne,
England, July 18, 1720, OS According to the London Field of June 26, 1920, ..."
4. The Balkans: Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, and Montenegro by William Miller (1896)
"These barracks will be formally opened on the 29th of July of the present year,
the bicentenary of the dynasty. Every Montenegrin, except the Mussulman ..."
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