tercentenaryadj.n.
/təːˈsɛntᵻnəri//təːsɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri//təːsɛnˈtɛnəri/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to the number of three hundred; usually, of or pertaining to a completed period of 300 years; tercentennial.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [adjective] > of a specific anniversary
jubilar1613
centenary1620
jubilean1624
centenarious1727
tercentenary1844
semi-centennial1859
quatercentenary1877
quincentenary1878
tricentenary1882
tricentennial1883
quincentennial1884
quingentenary1884
tercentennial1884
octocentenary1888
octocentennial1889
septcentenary1889
quinquagenary1933
quatercentennial1937
quasquicentennial1962
1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages xiii. 221 I mean no offence to the gentleman from whose tercentenary sermon it purports to be an extract.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2421/1 Bishop Francis David..died in 1579,—an event which received in 1879 its tercentenary celebration in the land of his martyrdom [Transylvania].
B. n.
A duration of three hundred years; the three-hundredth anniversary of an event, or a celebration of it.
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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
1855 W. G. Clark in Cambr. Ess. 283 The grammar-schools, which have for the most part celebrated their tercentenary.
1879 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 412/1 Duo-centenaries, ter-centenaries, and quin-centenaries have all lately taken place.
1884 Nonconformist & Independent 17 July 698/2 The tercentenary of the death of William of Nassau..has been celebrated this week at Delft.
Derivatives
tercenteˈnarian adj. that has lasted three centuries; three hundred years old (cf. centenarian adj.).
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > having had specific length of existence
septimestre1658
centuried1821
tercentenarian1881
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years > that has lasted a specific number of years
three-years1665
ten-year1693
three-year-old1825
tercentenarian1881
two-year1927
1881 Sat. Rev. 23 July 116/2 The wholesale excommunication of a tercentenarian Established Church.
tercenˈtenarize v. (transitive) to celebrate the tercentenary of.Apparently an isolated use.
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1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 10 How Shakespeare was lately tercentenarized everybody knows.
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