QUINCENTENNIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quincentennial mean? 

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

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

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

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

1. of or relating to a 500th anniversary

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUINCENTENNIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

quincentenary; quincentennial

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

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

• QUINCENTENNIAL (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:

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