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Definition of Bicentenary

1. Noun. The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it).

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years. "Bicentennial celebration"

Definition of Bicentenary

1. a. Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.

Definition of Bicentenary

1. Noun. a two-hundred year anniversary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bicentenary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bicentenary

bication bications bicaudal bicaudate bicause bicchulite biccies biccy bice bice blue

bice green bicelle bicelles bicellular bicentenaries bicentenary (current term) bicentennial bicentennials bicentral bicentric

bicep biceped bicephalous bicephalus biceps biceps brachii biceps femoris biceps femoris reflex biceps humeri biceps muscle of arm

Literary usage of Bicentenary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Law Times by Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Privy Council (1919)
"A NOTABLE bicentenary. The suggestion of Mr. Justice Chisholm that the bicentenary of the establishment of the first Court of Judicature, administering the ..."

2. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1911)
"The De l'Epée bicentenary.—The two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Abbe de l'Epée will be celebrated by an International Congress of the Deaf to ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The year 1920 marks the bicentenary of Gilbert White, who was born at Selborne, England, July 18, 1720, OS According to the London Field of June 26, 1920, ..."

4. The Balkans: Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, and Montenegro by William Miller (1896)
"These barracks will be formally opened on the 29th of July of the present year, the bicentenary of the dynasty. Every Montenegrin, except the Mussulman ..."

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