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Definition of Quincentenary
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a 500th anniversary. "The quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city"
2. Noun. The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
Definition of Quincentenary
1. Noun. A five-hundredth anniversary. ¹
2. Adjective. Pertaining to a quincentenary; quincentennial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quincentenary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quincentenary
Literary usage of Quincentenary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials by Roundell Palmer Selborne (1898)
"... CAUSE—WINCHESTER quincentenary. 1886-1887 MY public life, except so far as I
might still be able to serve my country by voice or pen, was now over. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1903)
"THE proceedings in connection with the quincentenary of the Battle of Shrewsbury
will last a whole week (July 19-25). Upwards of ^1000 has already been ..."
3. The Bibliographer (1884)
"WYCLIF quincentenary. of those who were interested in the late proceedings in
honour of Luther could not but call to mind that there was an Englishman of an ..."
4. The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1893)
"But in 1884 the quincentenary of Wyclif's death gave the Society, which at first
numbered about 150 members, with a yearly subscription of one guinea each, ..."
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