CENTENNIAL

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

2.
a.

Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.

3.
a.

Lasting or aged a hundred years. Thet opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow.

4.
n.

The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.]