Definitions for centenaries

centenaries cen·ten·ar·y

Spelling: [sen-ten-uh-ree, sen-tn-er-ee; especially British
IPA: /sɛnˈtɛn ə ri, ˈsɛn tnˌɛr i; especially British sɛnˈti nə ri/

Centenaries is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 944 anagrams from letters in centenaries (aceeeinnrst).

Definitions for centenaries

noun

  1. a centennial.
  2. a period of 100 years; century.

adjective

  1. of or relating to a period of 100 years.
  2. recurring once in every 100 years:

Origin of centenaries

1600-10; Latin centēnārius (adj.), equivalent to centēn(ī) a hundred each (cent(um) 100 + -ēnī distributive suffix) + -ārius -ary

Examples for centenaries

July 31 marks the centenary of the birth of the high priest of monetarism, Milton Friedman.

On the centenary of World War I, Europe's suddenly facing a crisis of Russian aggression.

Thus are the historiographical trenches dug for the centenary.

We cannot, therefore, as yet fix upon the objects of our centenary Offering.

Speech delivered on the centenary of his birth, February 12, 1909.

Martin Luther King asked President John Kennedy to issue a new emancipation proclamation on the centenary of the first.

In 1916, the centenary of his birth was celebrated in Port Louis.

One hundred years ago today was the occasion for James Joyce to publish a piece on “The centenary of Charles Dickens.”

It so happened that we were at Frankfort on the centenary of Goethe's death.

Never surely was there such a gathering in Herrnhut as on that centenary Day.

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