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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
centenary
 
SYLLABICATION:cen·ten·a·ry
PRONUNCIATION:  sn-tn-r, snt-nr
ADJECTIVE:1. Of or relating to a 100-year period. 2. Occurring once every 100 years.
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. cen·ten·a·ries
1. A 100-year period. 2. A centennial.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin centnrius, of a hundred, from centum, hundred. See dek in Appendix I.
 
 
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  centenarian centennial  
 
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