Definitions

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

  • noun A tercentenary.
  • adjective Tercentenary.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as tercentenary.

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  • noun The three-hundredth anniversary of an event; tricentennial.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Etymologies

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See tricentennial

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Examples

  • While the rest of the world did retrospectives of the last decade in January, Capital Weather Gang took a bold look ahead to what the District might be like in 2076, America's tercentennial.

    D.C. weather of the future, year 2076 Elizabeth Flock 2011

  • The last month of our tercentennial year rolled in quietly, with little sign of any real winter weather.

    Washington D.C. weather in the year 2076, part II Don Lipman 2011

  • Flash forward to December 2076, America's tercentennial sometimes called tricentennial year.

    Washington D.C. weather in the year 2076 Don Lipman 2011

  • In addition to the Trinity Institute's "New Ways of Knowing" project, the church will celebrate its tercentennial year with a series of concerts, the creation of a time capsule to be buried in the church yard for the next 100 years, and the production of an oral history video featuring Trinity's parishioners.

    Archives de la Stan 2004

  • In addition to the Trinity Institute's "New Ways of Knowing" project, the church will celebrate its tercentennial year with a series of concerts, the creation of a time capsule to be buried in the church yard for the next 100 years, and the production of an oral history video featuring Trinity's parishioners.

    Archive 2004-06-21 2004

  • In addition to the Trinity Institute's "New Ways of Knowing" project, the church will celebrate its tercentennial year with a series of concerts, the creation of a time capsule to be buried in the church yard for the next 100 years, and the production of an oral history video featuring Trinity's parishioners.

    Archives de la Stan 2004

  • I again heartily commend to your favorable consideration the tercentennial celebration at Jamestown, Va.

    State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

  • "No, sir; he has gone to Dublin to attend the tercentennial celebration there."

    Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1903

  • I again heartily commend to your favorable consideration the tercentennial celebration at Jamestown, Va.

    State of the Union Address Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • Sarabjit Pandher CHANDIGARH: Culmination of two separate "Khalsa" marches marked the beginning of the three-day event to commemorate the tercentennial of an important event in history, when the legendary warrior Baba Banda ...

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