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Centennial

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. Thet opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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