Cen*ten"ni*al (?), a. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.]
1.
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.
2.
Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.
3.
Lasting or aged a hundred years.
Thet opened through long lines
Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.
Longfellow.
© Webster 1913.
Cen*ten"ni*al, n.
The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.
[U. S.]
© Webster 1913.