quadricentenary

quadricentenary
quad·ri·cen·ten·a·ry (kwŏd'rĭ-sĕn-tĕnʹə-rē, -sĕnʹtə-nĕr'ē) n. pl. quad·ri·cen·ten·a·ries
A 400th anniversary or celebration.
adj.
Of or relating to a span of 400 years or to a 400th anniversary.
  [From alteration of Latin quadringentī, quadrigentī, four hundred (on the model of such words as tercentenary). See kʷetwer-.

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Universalium. 2010.

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