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Definition of Centenary
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years. "Centennial celebration"
2. Noun. The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
Generic synonyms: Anniversary, Day Of Remembrance
Derivative terms: Centennial
Definition of Centenary
1. a. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
2. n. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
Definition of Centenary
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years. ¹
2. Noun. A one hundredth anniversary ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centenary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Centenary
Literary usage of Centenary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1905)
"THE centenary OP TRAFALGAR. 1. The Year of Trafalgar. By Henry Newbolt. ...
FOB months past the rumour of the centenary of Trafalgar has been with us ..."
2. Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration (1914)
"Five years ago, in association with this Conference, a Committee was organized
to bring about a fitting and an adequate celebration of the centenary of ..."
3. Museums Journal by Museums Association (1902)
"He well deserves that the centenary of his birth should be fittingly celebrated.
No man of his time did so much to spread an interest in geology and in ..."
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