Definition of Semicentennial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary.

Exact synonyms: Semicentenary
Partainyms: Semicentenary

2. Noun. The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
Exact synonyms: Semicentenary
Generic synonyms: Anniversary, Day Of Remembrance

Definition of Semicentennial

1. a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.

2. n. A fiftieth anniversary.

Definition of Semicentennial

1. Adjective. Occurring every 50 years ¹

2. Noun. A 50th anniversary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semicentennial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semicentennial

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semicarbazide
semicarbazides
semicarbazone
semicarbazones
semicartilaginous
semicastrated
semicastrates
semicastrating
semicasual
semicatatonic
semicelebrities
semicelebrity
semicentenary
semicentennial (current term)
semicentennials
semichaotic
semichiral
semichorus
semichoruses
semichronic
semicircle
semicircled
semicircles
semicircular
semicircular arch
semicircular canal
semicircular ducts

Literary usage of Semicentennial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Addresses and Other Papers by William Williams Keen (1905)
"As we celebrate on this occasion the semicentennial of the organization of the American Medical Association, in this city, in 1847, it is very natural and ..."

2. Addresses and Other Papers by William Williams Keen (1905)
"As we celebrate on this occasion the semicentennial of the organization of the American Medical Association, in this city, in 1847, it is very natural and ..."

3. Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society by Kansas State Historical Society (1906)
"IL semicentennial ANNIVERSARY OF OUR TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION. ... THE semicentennial anniversary of the signing of the bill organizing the territories of ..."

4. Methodist Review (1898)
"THE semicentennial OF THE SCOTCH FREE CHURCH AND OF ITS MEMORABLE DISRUPTION CONTROVERSY. ON the 18th of May, 1893, the day when the next Free Church ..."

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