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centennial

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Adjective, Noun
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cen=ten=ni=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

centenniala. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.].
  •  Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Lasting or aged a hundred years.  [1913 Webster]
    "That opened through long lines
    Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.
    "  [1913 Webster]
centennialn. 
     The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

centennial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 lasting for a hundred years.
2 occurring every hundred years.
--n. US = CENTENARY n.

Etymology
L centum a hundred, after BIENNIAL

THESAURUS

centennial

C, anniversary, annual, annual holiday, biannual, bicentenary, bicentennial, biennial, bimonthly, birthday, bissextile day, biweekly, catamenial, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary, centennium, centesimal, centigrado, centigram, centimeter, centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir, centumvirate, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centurion, century, commemoration, cwt, daily, decennial, diamond jubilee, diurnal, fortnightly, golden wedding anniversary, gross, hebdomadal, hecatomb, holy days, hourly, hundred, hundredfold, hundredth, hundredweight, immovable feast, jubilee, leap year, long hundred, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, name day, natal day, octennial, one C, quadrennial, quarterly, quasquicentennial, quincentenary, quincentennial, quinquennial, quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, septennial, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, sextennial, silver wedding anniversary, tercentenary, tercentennial, tertian, tricennial, triennial, wedding anniversary, weekly, yearly

ROGET THESAURUS

centennial

Five

N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.

Periodicity

N regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.


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