Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Happening once every 20 years.
- adjective Existing or lasting for 20 years.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lasting or continuing twenty years: as, a vicennial charter or license.
- Happening once in twenty years: as, a vicennial commemoration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lasting or comprising twenty years.
- adjective Happening once in twenty years.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring every
twenty years . - adjective Lasting twenty years.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring once every 20 years
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Late Latin vīcennium, period of twenty years : Latin vīciēns, twenty times (from vīgintī, twenty; see vicenary) + Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]
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bilby commented on the word vicennial
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April 5, 2008