centenary

Meanings

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.
Relating to a hundred of anything.

Noun

Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.

Origin

Attested since about 1790, from Latin centēnārius ("of one hundred"), from centēnī (from centum + -arius). kantar, and quintal.

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