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bicentennial, a. and n.|baɪsənˈtɛnɪəl|
[f. bi- prefix2 4 + centennial, f. L. *centennium (cf. biennium) space of a hundred years.]
A. adj. Occurring every two hundred years; lasting two hundred years. Also, of or pertaining to a 200th anniversary; = bicentenary a.
1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Miss. 297 The bicentennial anniversary of this illustrious event. 1901Goldwin Smith Let. 18 Oct. in Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 12 Nov. 140/2 On my way to your [sc. Yale University's] bicentennial celebration I am unfortunately arrested by sickness. 1959Times 13 May 5/1 She paid her homage to bi-centennial Handel.
B. n. = bicentenary (and etymologically more correct than that word).
1883Harper's Mag. Dec. 160/1 Bicentennial of German Colonisation in the United States. |