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Topic: CHRONOLOGY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: ter 'three times' + English centenary

tercentenary

 noun
     
ter‧cen‧te‧na‧ry plural tercentenaries [countable] British English
TMC the day or year exactly 300 years after a particular event
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