Centenary

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  • adjective. Of or relating to a 100-year period.
  • adjective. Occurring once every 100 years.
  • noun. A 100-year period.
  • noun. A centennial.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to or consisting of a hundred; relating to a period of a hundred years; recurring once in every hundred years: as, a centenary festival or celebration.
  • noun. pl. centenaries (-riz).
  • noun. The space of a hundred years.
  • noun. What I call by this name has grown up in the last centenary — a word I may use to signify the hundred years now ending. De Morgan, in Correspondent of Oct. 28, 1865.
  • noun. The commemoration or celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event, as the birth of a great man: as, the centenary of Burns; the centenary of the Constitution of the United States.
  • noun. A centenarian.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
  • adjective. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.
  • noun. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
  • noun. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.
  • noun. A one hundredth anniversary
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
  • noun. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
  • Word Usage
    "The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state."
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