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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.
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–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
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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