n. pl. quin·cen·ten·a·ries A 500th anniversary or celebration. adj. Of or relating to a span of 500 years or to a 500th anniversary. [From Latin quīngentī, quīncentī, five hundred (on the model of such words as TERCENTENARY); see penkwe in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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