tercentenary
English
editEtymology
editFrom ter- + centenary, after Latin ter centēnī (“three hundred each”).[1]
Noun
edittercentenary (plural tercentenaries)
- the 300th anniversary of an event
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow[1], London: Chatto & Windus, page 306:
- Adventures and romance only take on their adventurous and romantic qualities at second-hand. Live them, and they are just a slice of life like the rest. In literature they become as charming as this dismal ball would be if we were celebrating its tercentenary.
Translations
edit300th anniversary
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Adjective
edittercentenary (not comparable)
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ “tercentenary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
edit- Anniversary § Numerical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia