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Centenary

Cen'te-na-ry, n.

noun

(44), n. [See infra.] The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century; a hundred years. “A centenary of years.” Hakewill.

We pray no longer for our daily bread. But next centenary’s harvests. E. B. Browning.

Cĕn′te-na-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. centenarius, from centum, hundred; Fr. centenaire.]

  1. Relating to a hundred; consisting of a hundred. Worc.
  2. [Perhaps for centennary, from Lat. centum, a hundred, and annus, a year.] Occurring once in every hundred years.

Centenary solemnities, which returned but once in a hundred years. Fuller.