Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to 600 or to a 600-year period.
- noun A 600th anniversary or its commemoration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or consisting of six hundred, especially six hundred years; made up of or proceeding by groups of six hundred.
- noun That which consists of or comprehends six hundred (commonly the space of six hundred years).
- noun A six-hundredth anniversary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the number
six hundred , or to a six hundredyear period - noun A six-hundredth
anniversary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Queens's is one of the six oldest colleges in Oxford, and is far on to celebrating its sexcentenary, but it has purged itself of the
The Charm of Oxford 1892
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At the recent celebration of the sexcentenary of Peterhouse College, near the close of a long dinner, Sir Frederick Bramwell was called on, some time after midnight, to return thanks for Applied Science.
The Pleasures of Life John Lubbock 1873
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On the occasion of Dante's sexcentenary, in 1865, it was discovered that at some unknown period the skeleton, with the exception of a few small bones which remained in an urn which formed part of Gonzaga's structure, had been placed for safety in a wooden box, and enclosed in a wall of the old Braccioforte Chapel, which lies outside the church towards the
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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