tercentenary

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

/ ˌtɜr sɛnˈtɛn ə ri, tɜrˈsɛn tnˌɛr i; especially British ˌtɜr sɛnˈti nə ri /

tricentennial.

Origin of tercentenary

First recorded in 1835–45; ter- + centenary

At their tercentenary festival in 1875, tne Leyden University printed a list of their students from their foundation to that year.

De Libris: Prose and Verse |Austin Dobson
The first beam has struck one of the lofty pinnacles, and made laughter and gaiety of its tercentenary gloom.

Doctor Cupid |Rhoda Broughton
The Musicians have recently celebrated their tercentenary, commemorating the granting of their charter by James I. in 1604.

Memorials of Old London |Various
This date was the tercentenary of the birth of this great philosopher, and he was both born and died on the 19th October.

Addresses & Papers / Collectanea |Peter Eade

Several of the buildings were erected out of the Lyon Tercentenary Fund, subscribed after the tercentenary celebration in 1871.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 |Various

tercentenary

/ (ˌtɜːsɛnˈtiːnərɪ) /

of or relating to a period of 300 years

of or relating to a 300th anniversary or its celebration

an anniversary of 300 years or its celebration

Also called: tricentennial