centenary
adjective
of or relating to a period of 100 years.
centenaries
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pluralof centenary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The festival was bookended by two comedies celebrating their centenaries: Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” and Buster Keaton’s “Go West.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
It celebrates the centenaries of two laws that enfranchised some British women and gave those over 21 the right to stand for Parliament.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
"We will see many centenaries this year and next in the run-up to the centenary of the end of the First World War," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2017
The Ruders, a joint commission by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Royal Philharmonic Society in honour of their various centenaries and bicentenaries, was delightful from beginning to end.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
The centenaries of Hawthorne and Longfellow and Whittier were celebrated at a period of comparative indifference to their significance.
From Modern American Prose Selections by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees
