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Definition of Sesquicentenary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesquicentenary
Literary usage of Sesquicentenary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1888)
"The sesquicentenary of the Congregational Church at Berkley, Massachusetts, was
Commemorated by appropriate services on the second of November last. ..."
2. Year-book of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"... of his seventieth birthday, and to the University of Princeton, Xew Jersey,
USA, on the occasion of its sesquicentenary Anniversary. ..."
3. America's Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram by Nancy Everill Hoffmann, John C. Van Horne (2004)
"... and recently curated an exhibition of botanical drawings from the Earl of
Derby's collections at the Walker Art Gallery to mark the sesquicentenary of ..."
4. America's Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram by Nancy Everill Hoffmann, John C. Van Horne (2004)
"... and recently curated an exhibition of botanical drawings from the Earl of
Derby's collections at the Walker Art Gallery to mark the sesquicentenary of ..."
5. Werner's Magazine: A Magazine of Expression by Music Teachers National Association (1901)
"The attitude of the German nation toward him on his sesquicentenary is a significant
element in the evolution of the new empire. ..."
6. John Viriamu Jones and Other Oxford Memories by Edward Bagnall Poulton (1911)
"In Poe he recognized the feeling and the passionate abandon of the true poet He
said this in the autumn of 1896 when we were together at the sesquicentenary ..."
7. The New England Bibliopolist, Or Notices of Books on American History (1887)
"The sesquicentenary of the Congregational Church at Berkley, Massachusetts, was
commemorated hy appropriate services on the second of ..."
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