quadricentennialn.adj.
/ˌkwɒdrᵻsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌkwɑdrəˌsɛnˈtɛniəl/ A. n.
A four-hundredth anniversary; a celebration of such an anniversary.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries
jubileec1386
quinquagenary1588
centenary1661
millennium1664
secular1706
coming of age1788
centennial1791
tricentenary1846
tercentenary1855
quinquennial1857
ter-millenary1864
sexcentenary1865
semi-centenary1870
bicentenary1872
septcentenary1873
quincentenary1877
sesquicentennial1880
quadricentennial1882
bicentennial1883
quatercentenary1883
tricentennial1883
tercentennial1884
quincentennial1885
octocentenary1888
quadrennial1890
quingentenary1892
octingentenary1893
ruby anniversary1893
semi-jubilee1893
septingentenary1893
millennial1896
millenary1897
quadringenary1905
quingenary1911
bimillenary1961
sesquicentenary1961
quasquicentennial1962
nongenary1966
octocentennial1994
1882 Standard 23 Aug. 5/1 To celebrate their quadricentennial with a banquet.
1918 Classical Jrnl. 13 294 Under normal conditions the recent quadricentennial of the posting of Luther's Theses on the church door at Wittenberg would have been more widely heralded in the public press.
1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 330 A Galileo ‘Quadricentennial’ was held at the University of Rochester for two days in October 1964.
1992 Atlantic Sept. 16/3 The United States also staged the most memorable celebration of the quadricentennial of what it was then widely acceptable to call the ‘discovery’ of America.
B. adj.
Of or relating to a four-hundredth anniversary.
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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years
quinquennal1532
quinquennial1601
five-yearly1619
centenary1620
septennial1640
triannual1640
triennial1642
septennary1644
sexennial1646
trieterical1646
novennial1656
octennial1656
trieteric1656
quinquennalian1692
quadrenniala1700
biennial1750
sexennary1753
lustral1781
centennial1797
quaternal1813
sextennial1814
septendecennial1834
septemdecenary1843
undecennarya1847
bicentenary1862
bicentennial1883
quadricentennial1889
trigintennial1894
twelve-yearly1906
vigintennial1921
1889 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 13 Aug. A resolution was passed to the effect that the quadricentennial anniversary of the discovery of America is too great an event to be controlled by any city.
1977 Times 19 Apr. 14/6 The three-year quadricentennial celebrations [in California] of Sir Francis Drake's voyage round the world.
2006 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. b1 The society is hoping to raise awareness about their preservation efforts by taking advantage of publicity from the statewide quadricentennial celebrations in 2009.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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