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tercentenary

tercentenary noun: synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).

Noun

tercentenary (plural tercentenaries)

  1. Synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
    • Adventures and romance only take on their adventurous and romantic qualities at second-hand. Live them, and they are just a slice of life like the rest. In literature they become as charming as this dismal ball would be if we were celebrating its tercentenary.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 306
    Synonyms:
    tricentennial

Adjective

tercentenary (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of tricentennial (“of or relating to a 300th anniversary”).
    Synonyms:
    tricentennial

Synonyms of tercentenary

Forms of tercentenary

pluraltercentenaries

Origin of tercentenary

From ter- + centenary, after Latin ter centēnī (“three hundred each”).

Questions about tercentenary

What does tercentenary mean?
Tercentenary means synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
What part of speech is tercentenary?
Tercentenary can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of tercentenary?
The plural of tercentenary is tercentenaries.

Words near tercentenary in the dictionary

  1. tercels
  2. tercels gentle
  3. tercentenarian
  4. tercentenarians
  5. tercentenaries
  6. tercentenary
  7. tercentennial
  8. tercentennials
  9. Tercerista
  10. Terceristas
  11. Tercero

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