centennial

About 1.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

   a centennial ode

2. adjective Happening once in a hundred years.

   a centennial jubilee a centennial celebration

3. adjective Lasting or aged a hundred years.
4. noun The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Similar words

centenary century hundredth one-hundredth percentage anniversary bi centenaire sesqui centennium

Often followed by

of celebration exposition exhibition history year anniversary commission in

Word family

centennially centennials