centenary
[sen-ten-uh-ree, sen-tn-er-ee; especially British sen-tee-nuh-ree]
- of or relating to a period of 100 years.
- recurring once in every 100 years: a centenary celebration.
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- a centennial.
- a period of 100 years; century.
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Origin of centenary
1600–10; < Latin centēnārius (adj.), equivalent to centēn(ī) a hundred each (cent(um) 100 + -ēnī distributive suffix) + -ārius -ary
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Contemporary Examples
On the centenary of World War I, Europe's suddenly facing a crisis of Russian aggression.
Martin Luther King asked President John Kennedy to issue a new emancipation proclamation on the centenary of the first.
Thus are the historiographical trenches dug for the centenary.
July 31 marks the centenary of the birth of the high priest of monetarism, Milton Friedman.
One hundred years ago today was the occasion for James Joyce to publish a piece on “The Centenary of Charles Dickens.”
Historical Examples
It so happened that we were at Frankfort on the centenary of Goethe's death.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
Speech delivered on the Centenary of his birth, February 12, 1909.
In 1916, the centenary of his birth was celebrated in Port Louis.
Never surely was there such a gathering in Herrnhut as on that Centenary Day.
History of the Moravian ChurchJ. E. Hutton
We cannot, therefore, as yet fix upon the objects of our Centenary Offering.
The Story of My LifeEgerton Ryerson
centenary
- of or relating to a period of 100 years
- occurring once every 100 years
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- a 100th anniversary or its celebration
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin centēnārius of a hundred, from centēnī a hundred each, from centum hundred
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Word Origin and History for centenary
adj.
c.1600, "period of 100 years," from Latin centenarius "of a hundred, relating to a hundred," from centenai "a hundred each," from centum "hundred" (see hundred). As a noun, "100th anniversary," from 1788.
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