QUINCENTENARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quincentenary mean? 

• QUINCENTENARY (noun)
  The noun QUINCENTENARY has 1 sense:

1. the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

  Familiarity information: QUINCENTENARY used as a noun is very rare.

• QUINCENTENARY (adjective)
  The adjective QUINCENTENARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a 500th anniversary

  Familiarity information: QUINCENTENARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUINCENTENARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

quincentenary; quincentennial

Hypernyms ("quincentenary" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

• QUINCENTENARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a 500th anniversary

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

quincentenary; quincentennial

Context example:

the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city

Pertainym:

quincentenary (the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it))