centenary
noun
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A centenary, like its cousin centennial, is an anniversary. Thus, the year 2013 may mark the centenary of a town's founding, and the year-long calendar of public events that the town sponsors for the occasion—that is, the celebration of the anniversary—can also be called a centenary. Individuals have their own centenaries, which usually celebrate their births; thus, Gerald Ford's centenary will occur in 2013, and John Kennedy's in 2017. And if you live long enough to be a centenarian, you'll be around to join the celebrations.
Examples of centenary in a Sentence
Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2024
The festival will also feature a cinema exhibition to celebrate the centenary of late Indian actor-directors Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
It was created to celebrate the centenary of Capote’s birth and has been signed by the literary great himself.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
The Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates its centenary a little early—Graham’s first choreographic evening wasn’t until 1926—with revivals of classic dances by Graham and Agnes de Mille, plus a new commission (City Center; April 17-20).
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
For the centenary of the Black composer Julia Perry’s birth, the Experiential Orchestra mounts a four-day festival, which closes at Alice Tully Hall with Perry’s aching Prelude for Strings and her piquant Violin Concerto (March 16).
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
To celebrate the centenary, visitors can now get closer to items normally housed inside, like the famed miniature crown, with a selection presented in a special display outside its walls.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Queen Camilla, 76, has made a series of solo engagements, from celebrating the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House to visiting a hospital ahead of World Cancer Day.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
On the centenary of his death in 1983 the Metropolitan Museum hosted the largest Manet retrospective ever held in the United States, with nearly one hundred paintings.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Centenary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centenary. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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