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quincentennium

quincentennium noun: a period of five hundred years, half a millennium.

Noun

quincentennium (plural quincentennia)

  1. (rare) A period of five hundred years, half a millennium.
    • And Mr John Graham, editor of The New Shetlander and one of the most articulate ideologues of the 1967 revolution, reinterpreted the problem of “Social Change during the Quincentennium” (1469–1969) accordingly.1972, Scottish International, V, page 11
    • In more leisurely days there were Egyptian millenia^([sic]), Greek and Roman quincentennia, and Spanish, French, and British centuries.1972, Wilfred Jenks, “Realism and Magnanimity in the Law of Nations”, in The American Journal of International Law, LXVI, № 4 (September 1972), page 316

Forms of quincentennium

pluralquincentennia

Origin of quincentennium

From New Latin quincentennium (“500-year period”). Compare the classical Latin form quingenti (“500”). Equivalent to quin- (“five”) + centennium (“century, 100-year period”). Cognate with quincentenary and quincentennial.

Questions about quincentennium

What does quincentennium mean?
Quincentennium means a period of five hundred years, half a millennium.
What part of speech is quincentennium?
Quincentennium is a noun.
What is the plural of quincentennium?
The plural of quincentennium is quincentennia.

Words near quincentennium in the dictionary

  1. quincentenaries
  2. quincentenary
  3. quincentennia
  4. quincentennial
  5. quincentennials
  6. quincentennium
  7. quinces
  8. Quincest
  9. quincewort
  10. quinceworts
  11. Quincey

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