单词 | quingentenary |
释义 | quingentenaryadj.n. A. adj. = quincentenary adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [adjective] > of a specific anniversary jubilar1613 centenary1620 jubilean1624 centenarious1727 tercentenary1844 semi-centennial1859 quatercentenary1877 quincentenary1878 tricentenary1882 tricentennial1883 quincentennial1884 quingentenary1884 tercentennial1884 octocentenary1888 octocentennial1889 septcentenary1889 quinquagenary1933 quatercentennial1937 quasquicentennial1962 1884 Guardian 758/1 The quingentenary festival is a commemoration of his death. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 564/2 A third edition appeared on the occasion of the quingentenary celebration. 1935 Times 4 Jan. 14/3 She did not publish much—a small German grammar,..the quingentenary book of St. Andrews University, [etc.]. B. n. = quincentenary n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1892 Times 7 May 7/3 (heading) The quingentenary of Winchester College. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Rossall, which has been celebrating its jubilee—not a quingentenary like Winchester, but a modest quinquagenary. 1904 Daily Chron. 29 Sept. 4/6 The ‘Times’ yesterday spoke of the ‘quingentenary’ of William of Wykeham... We are not at all sure that ‘quingentenary’ is right even on high scholastic grounds. ‘Quingenti’, certainly, is Latin for five hundred; but whereas there is a word ‘centenarius’, from which ‘centenary’ has come, there is no ‘quingentenarius’, but ‘quingenarius’ and ‘quingentarius’. 1939 Amer. Hist. Rev. 44 690 Most impressive among the numerous celebrations of the Abravanel quingentenary was that held at Cambridge University in the autumn of 1937. 1991 Incentive Today Oct. 83 (advt.) ‘The Columbus Collection’ to commemorate the quingentenary of the discovery of ‘The Americas’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1884 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。