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sestercentenary

Syllables: ses·ter·cent·en·aryUK/ˌsɛstəˌsɛnˈtiːnəɹi/US/ˌsɛstəɹˌsɛnˈtɛnəɹi/

sestercentenary adjective: of or relating to a 250th anniversary, or to a span of 250 years.

Adjective

sestercentenary (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to a 250th anniversary, or to a span of 250 years.
    • 1982 saw the sestercentenary commemoration of George Washington’s birth.
    • To [James] Cook the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 was markedly more recent than the arrival of the Endeavour is to us in this sestercentenary year.2020, Angus Trumble, On Endeavour in Australian Waters, National Museum of Australia, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2022

Noun

sestercentenary (plural sestercentenaries)

  1. (rare) A 250th anniversary.
    • The city of New York celebrated its sestercentenary in 1903.
    • [T]he Report of the 3rd BOC Priestley Conference, 'Oxygen and the Conversion of Future Feedstocks', RSC, 1984, has 9 historical papers relating to the [Joseph] Priestley sestercentenary in 1983.1985, C[olin] A[rchibald] Russell, “Introduction”, in C. A. Russell, editor, Recent Developments in the History of Chemistry, London: Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, footnote 5, page 3

Synonyms of sestercentenary

Forms of sestercentenary

pluralsestercentenaries

Origin of sestercentenary

First attested in the 1980s; blend of sesterce (a two and a half coin) + centenary, or from Latin sēster(tius) + centenary.

Words that rhyme with sestercentenary

Questions about sestercentenary

What does sestercentenary mean?
Sestercentenary means of or relating to a 250th anniversary, or to a span of 250 years.
What part of speech is sestercentenary?
Sestercentenary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sestercentenary?
Sestercentenary is pronounced /ˌsɛstəˌsɛnˈtiːnəɹi/ (UK).

Words near sestercentenary in the dictionary

  1. Sestaks
  2. sestamibi
  3. sester
  4. sesterce
  5. sestercentenaries
  6. sestercentenary
  7. sestercentennial
  8. sestercentennials
  9. sesterces
  10. sesterpenoid
  11. sesterpenoids

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