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quincentenary

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quin⋅cen⋅ten⋅ar⋅y

  [kwin-sen-ten-uh-ree, kwin-sen-tn-er-ee; especially Brit. kwin-sen-tee-nuh-ree] noun, plural -ar⋅ies, adjective
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–noun
1. a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
–adjective
2. pertaining to or marking a period of 500 years; quincentennial.
Origin:
quin(que-) + centenary
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quin·cen·ten·a·ry   (kwĭn'sěn-těn'ə-rē, kwĭn-sěn'tə-něr'ē)   
n.   pl. quin·cen·ten·a·ries
A 500th anniversary or celebration.
adj.  Of or relating to a span of 500 years or to a 500th anniversary.

[From Latin quīngentī, quīncentī, five hundred (on the model of such words as tercentenary); see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
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