a. and sb. [Irregularly f. L. quin(que) five + CENTENARY, q.v. Cf. QUINGENTENARY.] a. adj. Pertaining to connected with, a five-hundredth year. b. sb. A five-hundredth anniversary, or the celebration of this.
1879. Sat. Rev., 4 Oct., 412. Duocentenaries, tercentenaries, and quin-centenaries have all lately taken place.
1884. Manch. Exam., 22 May, 5/1. The quin-centenary celebration of the death of Wickliffe.
So Quincentennial.
1884. J. L. Wilson, Life Wycliffe, i. 12. To aid in giving to the revival, in this quincentennial year, somewhat of meaning and force.
