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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

centenarius

, fr.

centum

a hundred.]

Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.

“Centenary solemnities.”

Fuller.

Noun.

;

pl.

Centenaries

The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.

“Every centenary of years.”

Hakewill.

A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.

Noun.

The number of a hundred; as a centenary of years.

Adj.

Relating to a hundred; consisting of a hundred.