Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A 500th anniversary or celebration.
- adjective Of or relating to a span of 500 years or to a 500th anniversary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or consisting of five hundred, especially five hundred years.
- noun That which consists of or comprehends five hundred.
- noun A five-hundredth anniversary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
five-hundredth anniversary . - adjective Pertaining to a quincentenary;
quincentennial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- adjective of or relating to a 500th anniversary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Despite being a quincentenary event it was also a no-frills affair: no shirt-waving or mamba-style encores here.
Belshazzar's Feast; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas project – review 2011
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But in 1992, there were essentially no national or regional celebrations to mark an extraordinary numerical anniversary: the quincentenary of the European discovery of the New World.
Gary S. Chafetz: Review of Casino Jack and the United States of Money by Alex Gibney 2010
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But in 1992, there were essentially no national or regional celebrations to mark an extraordinary numerical anniversary: the quincentenary of the European discovery of the New World.
Gary S. Chafetz: Review of Casino Jack and the United States of Money by Alex Gibney Gary S. Chafetz 2010
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The Magic Voyage, a film from director Michael Schoemann, released in conjunction with the quincentenary of Columbus's "discovery" of America.
Getting Medieval with Dom DeLuise (1933-2009) The Society for the Study of Popular Culture 2009
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The Magic Voyage, a film from director Michael Schoemann, released in conjunction with the quincentenary of Columbus's "discovery" of America.
Archive 2009-05-01 The Society for the Study of Popular Culture 2009
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Published to coincide with Columbus's rather sour quincentenary, The Discovery of America, a handsomely produced album of over two hundred works by Saul Steinberg, made a rather melancholy impression upon this peruser, the causes of which I will try to discover.
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London: The Royal Academy's best rooms look even more handsome than usual with the installation of "Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy," an exhibition celebrating the quincentenary of the influential architect's birth.
Palladio's Oeuvre: Majestic, Beautiful, But Also Functional 2009
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Hoping to repeat the ratings of last year's "The Civil War," as well as steal a jump on the Columbus quincentenary hoopla, public TV has produced the kind of epic documentary the networks long ago abandoned.
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Commissioned for the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, "The Voyage" sailed into the Met right on schedule last week, exactly 500 years after the famous landing.
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The reason for the film was the celebration of OUP's quincentenary -- 1478 to 1978, with a special logo and all; it seemed to be a good excuse to celebrate OUP's eccentricity and gentlemanly amateurishness combined with some rather downplayed commercial sense.
Old films a go go jinty 2004
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