bicentenaryadj.n.
/bʌɪˈsɛntɪnəri//bʌɪsɛnˈtiːnəri//bʌɪsɛnˈtɛnəri/ A. adj.
Consisting of or relating to two hundred (in use, confined to years, as if confused with bicentennial).
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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years
quinquennal1532
quinquennial1601
five-yearly1619
centenary1620
septennial1640
triannual1640
triennial1642
septennary1644
sexennial1646
trieterical1646
novennial1656
octennial1656
trieteric1656
quinquennalian1692
quadrenniala1700
biennial1750
sexennary1753
lustral1781
centennial1797
quaternal1813
sextennial1814
septendecennial1834
septemdecenary1843
undecennarya1847
bicentenary1862
bicentennial1883
quadricentennial1889
trigintennial1894
twelve-yearly1906
vigintennial1921
1862 Congregational Year Bk. 72 The 24th day of August, 1862 the Bicentenary day of the ejectment of 2000 ministers.
1884 Athenæum 4 Oct. 441/2 The bicentenary festival of the founder of Danish literature.
B. n.
Used for: The bicentennial, or two hundredth anniversary (of an event); also attributive.
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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
1872 Daily News 18 June 5/5 The bi-centenary of Czar Peter's birth.
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