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centennial

adj
/sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/UK

Etymology

From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.

  1. derived from centennis

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred…

    Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

    • a centennial ode

  2. Happening once in a hundred years.

    • a centennial jubilee    a centennial celebration

  3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.

    • In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […]
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

    2. A city in Colorado.

    3. A census-designated place in Wyoming.

The neighborhood

Derived

demisesquicentennial, intercentennial

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA