tercentennial

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As Killingly marks its 300th birthday this year, the historical society has been working with several groups to make sure the tercentennial celebration hits all the right notes.

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  1. noun A tercentenary.
  2. adjective Tercentenary.

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  • This year's Frostival also would have marked the end of Killingly's yearlong tercentennial celebration. —  Norwich Bulletin Home RSS
  • The World Fellows Program launched eight years ago, at Yale's tercentennial, as part of the University's effort to raise its international profile. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
  • As Killingly marks its 300th birthday this year, the historical society has been working with several groups to make sure the tercentennial celebration hits all the right notes. —  Norwich Bulletin Home RSS
  • Q: Killingly's tercentennial celebration is in full swing. —  Norwich Bulletin Home RSS
  • I again heartily commend to your favorable consideration the tercentennial celebration at Jamestown, Va. —  State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
 

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  1. from Latin ter, thrice, + centum, hundred, + annus, year: see centennial.
 

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/tərsɛnˈtɛniəl/
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