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sestercentennial en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of sesterce (a two and a half coin) + centennial, or from Latin sēster(tius) + centennial.

Meanings

1. A 250th anniversary.
   • An Evening with Enter the Haggis will help kickoff Union's Sestercentennial celebration weekend on Friday, July 19, at 7 p.m. on Union's historic Common. 2024 July 2, “Enter the Haggis to Play Union's Sestercentennial”, in Bangor Daily News, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024:
   • Plans for the sestercentennial will be informed by values that are central to the College’s mission—a vital engagement with the liberal arts, a profound sense of place, enduring fellowship, and an adventuresome spirit. 2015 November 16, Susan J. Boutwell, “Planning Begins for College’s 250th Celebration”, in Dartmouth College, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
   • Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor the sestercentennial celebration of the town of New Windsor, New York, which was established on April 5, 1763. 2013 April 12, Sean Patrick Maloney, “Honoring the Town of New Windsor, New York's Sestercentennial Celebration”, in Congressional Record:
   • The United States will mark the sestercentennial of its founding in 2026.
   • This two-volume book set was produced to commemorate the Sestercentennial of Bedford County in 2021. 2020, Larry D. Smith, Bedford County, Pennsylvania: Two and One-half Centuries in the Making, Bedford County Historical Society, page 1089:

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Relateds

sestercentenary

Synonyms

bisesquicentennial · semiquincentennial · bicenquinquagenary