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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: quater 'four times' + English centenary

quatercentenary

 noun
     
quat‧er‧cen‧te‧na‧ry plural quatercentenaries [countable]
TM the day or year exactly 400 years after a particular event
quatercentenary of
the quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth
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