quadricentennial
Americanadjective
noun
-
a quadricentennial anniversary.
-
its celebration.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quadricentennial
First recorded in 1880–85; quadri- + centennial
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Obscurity suited Ms. Ingalls, who grew up near Boston, the daughter of a Harvard Sanskrit professor, and found herself drawn to England by the quadricentennial celebrations of Shakespeare’s birth in 1964.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019
After graduating from Radcliffe, she spent the summer of 1964 in England, to see all the quadricentennial productions of Shakespeare that she could; the next year, she moved there permanently.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
The 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing at Plymouth in 1620 is still a few years out, but the group charged with organizing festivities around the quadricentennial isn’t waiting to begin commemorations.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2014
I assumed she got to meet Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 when she visited for another historical marker, the quadricentennial of the first settlers’ arrival.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2014
October, 1892, will long be remembered as the quadricentennial anniversary of America.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 by Elverson, James
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
