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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
centenary
    adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;
           "centennial celebration" [syn: centennial, centenary]
    n 1: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
         centennial, centenary]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Centenary \Cen"te*na*ry\, a. [L. centenarius, fr. centum a
   hundred.]
   1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
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   2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.
      "Centenary solemnities." --Fuller.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Centenary \Cen"te*na*ry\, n.; pl. Centenaries.
   1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a
      century. "Every centenary of years." --Hakewill.
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   2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred
      a hundred years before.
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