quatercentenary
/ˌkwatəsɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri
/ /ˌkwatəsɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/ /ˌkweɪtəsɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/ /ˌkweɪtəsɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/noun (plural quatercentenaries)
The four-hundredth anniversary of a significant event: the quatercentenary of the college’s foundation...
- The following year, on the quatercentenary of James's birth, a newspaper celebrated the event under the headline ‘The Poor Man's King’.
- Coincidentally, the close of this jubilee year will usher in another anniversary of great significance to Scotland: the quatercentenary of the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the event that gave birth to the United Kingdom.
- Four of them were presented at an ecumenical symposium sponsored by St. John's College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in November 2000, the quatercentenary of Hooker's death.
adjective
Relating to a four-hundredth anniversary.A part of the quatercentenary celebration of Shakespeare's birth, this RSC production was adapted for television as a New Year's day treat for British audiences during an engagement at the Aldwych Theatre in London....
- At the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Watson was president in 1878 and again in 1905, at the quatercentenary festival.
- It was, however, during the quatercentenary celebrations of the Roanoke Voyages in the 1980s that she became closely involved in the colony as well as its maps.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin quater 'four times' + centenary.