Quadricentennial


[kwod-ruh-sen-ten-ee-uh l] /ˌkwɒd rə sɛnˈtɛn i əl/

adjective
1.
of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
noun
2.
a quadricentennial anniversary.
3.
its celebration.
/ˌkwɒdrɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/
noun
1.
a 400th anniversary
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or celebrating a 400th anniversary
n.

also quadri-centennial, 1859, from quadri- + centennial.

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