bicentenary
Americanadjective
plural
bicentenariesadjective
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marking a 200th anniversary
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occurring every 200 years
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lasting 200 years
noun
Etymology
Origin of bicentenary
Example Sentences
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The Lions have faced France only once before, crossing the Channel for a 1989 fixture that commemorated the bicentenary of the French Revolution.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025
Now Charleston is celebrating Vesey’s legacy with several days of events to commemorate the bicentenary of the attempted uprising, and to teach more people about his story.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022
The Shelley bicentenary celebrations will be streamed free on the Keats-Shelley House YouTube channel.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022
Quiet, sincere and more famous in his lifetime as an organist and teacher than as a composer, Franck celebrates the bicentenary of his birth this year.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
The bicentenary Reformation Festival was celebrated in October and November, 1717, and at Weimar especially it was, as an old chronicle tells us, a great jubilee.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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