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Definition of Semicentennials
1. semicentennial [n] - See also: semicentennial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semicentennials
Literary usage of Semicentennials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"With the memories of the Revolution refreshed by a series of recent semicentennials,
he employed the conventional language of protest against tyranny; ..."
2. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"With the memories of the Revolution refreshed by a series of recent semicentennials,
he employed the conventional language of protest against tyranny; ..."
3. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"With the memories of the Revolution refreshed by a series of recent semicentennials,
he employed the conventional language of protest against tyranny; ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1884)
"... at the decennial of course there are fewer and so on to the semicentennials."
The Secretary of Harvard College, under date "i March 22d, 1884, writes. ..."
5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1884)
"... at the decennial of course there are fewer and so on to the semicentennials."
The Secretary of Harvard College, under date of March 22d, 1884, writes. ..."
6. Annals of Fifty Years: A History of Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., 1829-1879 by Philena McKeen (1880)
"We seem at this day to be measuring time by the larger eras — 'centennials and
semicentennials.' And, perhaps, we can as well review the period we now ..."
7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"We extend our congratulations to our esteemed contemporary, and hope it will live
tcr celebrate many more semicentennials. Cholera on the Eed Sea. ..."
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