Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to 600 or to a 600-year period.
  • noun A 600th anniversary or its commemoration.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to or consisting of six hundred, especially six hundred years; made up of or proceeding by groups of six hundred.
  • noun That which consists of or comprehends six hundred (commonly the space of six hundred years).
  • noun A six-hundredth anniversary.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the number six hundred, or to a six hundred year period
  • noun A six-hundredth anniversary

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin sexcentēnī, six hundred each : sex, six; see sex– + centēnī, a hundred each (from centum, hundred; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots).]

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Examples

  • Queens's is one of the six oldest colleges in Oxford, and is far on to celebrating its sexcentenary, but it has purged itself of the

    The Charm of Oxford 1892

  • At the recent celebration of the sexcentenary of Peterhouse College, near the close of a long dinner, Sir Frederick Bramwell was called on, some time after midnight, to return thanks for Applied Science.

    The Pleasures of Life John Lubbock 1873

  • On the occasion of Dante's sexcentenary, in 1865, it was discovered that at some unknown period the skeleton, with the exception of a few small bones which remained in an urn which formed part of Gonzaga's structure, had been placed for safety in a wooden box, and enclosed in a wall of the old Braccioforte Chapel, which lies outside the church towards the

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

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