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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tercentenary
noun
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▪ The tercentenary of the first Bill, passed in 1688, has provided a stimulus for some earnest reflection.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tercentenary

Tercentenary \Ter*cen"te*na*ry\, a. [L. ter thirce + E. centenary.] Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. -- n. The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tercentenary

1832, "pertaining to a period of 300 years," from ter- "three times" + centenary. As a noun from 1835. Related: Tercentennial (1862 as an adjective; 1872 as a noun).

Wiktionary
tercentenary

a. (senseid en adj_300yr)of, or relative to such an anniversary, or to a span of 300 years n. the 300th anniversary of an event

WordNet
tercentenary

n. the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: tercentennial, triennial]

Usage examples of "tercentenary".

In 1866 they celebrated the tercentenary of the battle of Siget, and in 1871 Kvaternik was inspired by the bicentenary of the Zrinski and Frankapan sacrifice.

And if for some reason he wanted it done, why on Earth should he do it in so incredibly public a way--at the Tercentenary, no less--thus advertising its existence, risking public revulsion at the thought of shaking hands with a mechanical device, to say nothing of the diplomatic repercussions of having had representatives of other parts of the Federation treat with one?