tricentenaryadj.n.
/trʌɪˈsɛntᵻn(ə)ri/, /trʌɪsɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /trʌɪsɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/, U.S. /traɪˈsɛntəˌnɛri/, /traɪˌsɛnˈtɛnəri/ = tercentenary adj. and n.
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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
the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years
hendecadOE
a week of yearsa1382
weekc1384
Olympiada1387
lustre1387
yearc1425
millenary1551
prenticeship1553
septenary1576
lustrum1590
quinquennal1590
seventy1590
septimane1603
quinquennie1606
threescore (years) and tena1616
duodecad1621
quinquennium1621
jubilee1643
quadrenniala1646
chiliad1653
septennary1659
septennium1660
triennial1661
millennium1664
tetraëterid1678
octennial1679
duodenary1681
quadrennium1779
septenniad1836
quinquenniad1842
milliad1843
tricentenary1846
triennium1847
vicennium1847
bimillenary1850
lustration1853
sexennium1858
septennate1874
quinquennial1877
pentad1880
sexennate1898
aeon1960
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
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years
millenary1604
triennal1611
Olympiadical1638
decennal1648
decennial1656
tricennial1656
octodesexcentenary1677
sexmillennial1690
sexmillenary1728
quinquennial1746
milliary1753
decennalian1794
millennial1807
chiliadal1816
enneaeteric1846
chiliadic1854
decennary1855
sexcentenary1864
millennian1873
tricentenary1882
tricentennial1883
Olympiadic1890
postmillennial1977
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Tricentenary, a period or space of three hundred years.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Tricentenary, n. 1. That which consists of or comprehends three hundred; the space of three hundred years. 2. The commemoration of any event which occurred three hundred years before, as the birth of a great man; as, Shakspere's tricentenary. Called also Tercentenary. Tricentenary, a., relating to or consisting of three hundred; relating to three hundred years; as, a tricentenary celebration. Called also Tercentenary.
Derivatives
tricenteˈnarian n. a person 300 years old.
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1889 Academy 20 July 34/3 Perhaps the interior of the Antarctic continent may yield a crop of tricentenarians, since, according to Herodotus, the most wonderful things are generally found at the extremities of the earth.
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