QUINCENTENARY

PRONUNCIATION: (kwin-sen-TEN-uh-ree)

MEANING: noun: A 500th anniversary.
adjective: Of or relating to a 500th anniversary.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quinque (five) + English centenary (100 years). Earliest documented use: 1877.
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QUINE CENTENARY - celebrated about three months ago (see HERE)

SQUINCENTENARY - strabysmus was recognized 500 years ago

QUID CENTENARY - what was celebrated one hundred years after the British Pound Sterling was introduced