Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Relating to a 300-year period: Of, pertaining to, or marking the completion of a span of three hundred years.
   • Occurring every 300 years: Characterizing an event, especially an anniversary, that happens once every three centuries.

2. Noun:

   • A 300th anniversary: The celebration or commemoration of the passage of three hundred years since a significant event.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The city planned a grand tricentenary festival for its founding.
  • A special tricentenary edition of the book was published.
• Noun:
  • The university is preparing for its tricentenary next year.
  • The tricentenary of the composer's birth was marked by a series of concerts.

Advanced Usage

• "Tricentenary celebrations": The events and activities held to mark a 300-year anniversary.
  • The tricentenary celebrations included a historical exhibition and a parade.
• "To mark the tricentenary of": To observe or commemorate the 300th anniversary of something.
  • A new statue was erected to mark the tricentenary of the town's charter.

Variants and Related Words

• Tercentenary (adj/n): A synonym for , having the same meaning and usage. (e.g., ).
• Tricentennial (adj/n): Another exact synonym for .
• Centenary (adj/n): Relating to or a celebration of a 100-year period.
• Bicentenary (adj/n): Relating to or a celebration of a 200-year period.

Synonyms

• Tercentennial: (adj/n) Marking or a celebration of three hundred years.
• Three-hundredth anniversary: (n) The 300th anniversary.

Antonyms

• There are no direct antonyms, but anniversaries of different lengths are contrasting terms (e.g., for 100 years).

Related Phrases

• Tricentenary year: The specific year in which a 300th anniversary occurs.
  • The tricentenary year will be filled with special events.
• Tricentenary monument: A structure built to commemorate a 300-year anniversary.
  • The tricentenary monument stands in the central square.

Adjective

1. of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years