quincentenary
IPA: kwˈɪnsˈɛntɪnɛri
noun
- Synonym of quincentennial (“a 500th anniversary”)
adjective
- Synonym of quincentennial (“of or related to a 500th anniversary”)
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Examples of "quincentenary" in Sentences
- Celebrations for the quincentenary of his death are arranged for 2009.
- Celebrations for the quincentenary of his death were arranged for 2009.
- Despite being a quincentenary event it was also a no-frills affair: no shirt-waving or mamba-style encores here.
- The Magic Voyage, a film from director Michael Schoemann, released in conjunction with the quincentenary of Columbus's "discovery" of America.
- But in 1992, there were essentially no national or regional celebrations to mark an extraordinary numerical anniversary: the quincentenary of the European discovery of the New World.
- Commissioned for the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, "The Voyage" sailed into the Met right on schedule last week, exactly 500 years after the famous landing.
- Hoping to repeat the ratings of last year's "The Civil War," as well as steal a jump on the Columbus quincentenary hoopla, public TV has produced the kind of epic documentary the networks long ago abandoned.
- London: The Royal Academy's best rooms look even more handsome than usual with the installation of "Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy," an exhibition celebrating the quincentenary of the influential architect's birth.
- The reason for the film was the celebration of OUP's quincentenary -- 1478 to 1978, with a special logo and all; it seemed to be a good excuse to celebrate OUP's eccentricity and gentlemanly amateurishness combined with some rather downplayed commercial sense.
- Published to coincide with Columbus's rather sour quincentenary, The Discovery of America, a handsomely produced album of over two hundred works by Saul Steinberg, made a rather melancholy impression upon this peruser, the causes of which I will try to discover.
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