Usually means: One hundredth anniversary of event.
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  1. centenary: Merriam-Webster
  2. centenary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. centenary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. centenary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. centenary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Centenary, centenary: Wordnik
  7. centenary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. centenary: Wiktionary
  9. centenary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. centenary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. centenary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Centenary, centenary: Dictionary.com
  13. centenary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. centenary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Centenary (concert), Centenary (disambiguation), Centenary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Centenary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. centenary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. centenary: Rhymezone
  19. centenary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. centenary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. centenary: FreeDictionary.org
  22. centenary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. centenary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. centenary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

(Note: See centenaries as well.)

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adjective:  Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly
adjective:  Occurring every 100 years.
adjective:  Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
adjective:  (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
noun:  Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
noun:  (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
noun:  (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
noun:  (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
noun:  (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
verb:  (ambitransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.

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