quadricentenary

[ kwod-ruh-sen-ten-uh-ree, -sen-tn-er-ee; especially British kwod-ruh-sen-tee-nuh-ree ]

noun

, plural quad·ri·cen·ten·a·ries,

1. quadricentennial.

Example Sentences

Occurring, as they do, in this year of the Four-hundredth Anniversary of the Reformation, these attacks, moreover, represent a Catholic counter-demonstration to the Protestant celebration of the Quadricentenary of Luther's Theses.

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Moreover, it is possible that in a season of great joy like that which the Quadricentenary of the Reformation has ushered in orators and writers may fail to put a due check on their enthusiasm and may overstate a fact.

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The quadricentenary of the Reformation was celebrated amid the convulsions of a World War.

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