Associations to the word «Quincentenary»

Wiktionary

QUINCENTENARY, noun. A five-hundredth anniversary.
QUINCENTENARY, adjective. Pertaining to a quincentenary; quincentennial.

Dictionary definition

QUINCENTENARY, noun. The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
QUINCENTENARY, adjective. Of or relating to a 500th anniversary; "the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats