About The Word Centennial
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Centennial
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What's The Definition Of Centennial?
[n] the 100th anniversary
[adj] of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration" Synonyms | Synonyms for Centennial: centenary | centenary Related Terms | Find terms related to Centennial: anniversary | annual | annual holiday | biannual | bicentenary | bicentennial | biennial | bimonthly | birthday | bissextile day | biweekly | C | catamenial | cental | centare | centenarian | centenary | centennium | centesimal | centigrado | centigram | centimeter | centipede | centistere | centred | centref | centrev | centumvir | centumvirate | centuple | centuplicate | centurial | centurion | century | commemoration | cwt | daily | decennial | diamond jubilee | diurnal | fortnightly | golden wedding anniversary | gross | hebdomadal | hecatomb | holy days | hourly | hundred | hundredfold | hundredth | hundredweight | immovable feast | jubilee | leap year | long hundred | menstrual | momentary | momently | monthly | name day | natal day | octennial | one C | quadrennial | quarterly | quasquicentennial | quincentenary | quincentennial | quinquennial | quotidian | secular | semestral | semiannual | semimonthly | semiweekly | semiyearly | septennial | sesquicentenary | sesquicentennial | sextennial | silver wedding anniversary | tercentenary | tercentennial | tertian | tricennial | triennial | wedding anniversary | weekly | yearly See Also | anniversary | day of remembrance Centennial In Webster's Dictionary \Cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus
year.]
1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an
event that happened a hundred years before; as, a
centennial ode.
2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee;
a centennial celebration.
3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
That opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and
centennial pines. --Longfellow.
\Cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.] |
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