quadricentennial
Americanadjective
noun
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a quadricentennial anniversary.
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its celebration.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quadricentennial
First recorded in 1880–85; quadri- + centennial
Example Sentences
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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
In future years, when men and women, they will recall with justifiable pride that they were part of the quadricentennial festivities, and that the part they bore was second to none.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 by James Elverson
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