quincentennial

[ kwin-sen-ten-ee-uhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or marking a period of 500 years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quincentennial¹

First recorded in 1880–85; quin(que-) + centennial

Example Sentences

The quincentennial likewise fueled critical works by Smith, such as her ongoing “I See Red” series, which embeds a pejorative term used to describe Indigenous people within a figure of speech about rage.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s also organized over 30 exhibitions, including important group shows of contemporary Native American photographers and women artists, and two exhibitions that rebutted the 1992 quincentennial celebrations of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas.

From New York Times

This year marks the quincentennial of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance master who died in May 1519.

From New York Times

By the 1992 quincentennial, though, new academic scholarship had begun to seep into elementary and secondary history lessons.

From Washington Post

Both have also tackled, in distinct ways, myriad issues around Indigeneity — countering, for instance, the celebratory approach taken by many institutions toward the 1992 quincentennial of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times