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cen⋅ten⋅ar⋅y

[sen-ten-uh-ree, sen-tn-er-ee; especially Brit. sen-tee-nuh-ree] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a period of 100 years.
2. recurring once in every 100 years: a centenary celebration.
–noun
3. a centennial.
4. a period of 100 years; century.

Origin:
1600–10; < L centēnārius (adj.), equiv. to centēn(ī) a hundred each (cent(um) 100 + -ēnī distributive suffix) + -ārius -ary
cen·ten·a·ry   (sěn-těn'ə-rē, sěn'tə-něr'ē)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a 100-year period.
  2. Occurring once every 100 years.
n.   pl. cen·ten·a·ries
  1. A 100-year period.
  2. A centennial.

[Latin centēnārius, of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

Centenary

Cen"te*na*ry\, a. [L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.]

1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. "Centenary solemnities." --Fuller.

Centenary

Cen"te*na*ry\, n.; pl. Centenaries. 1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. "Every centenary of years." --Hakewill.

2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
Language Translation for : centenary
Spanish: centenario,
German: die Hundertjahrfeier,
Japanese: 百年祭

centenary 
1607, from L. centenarius "of hundred," from centenai "a hundred each," from centum "hundred" (see hundred). Centenarian "person who is 100" is from 1846.
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