a. and sb. [f. BI- pref.2 1 + CENTENARY, ad. L. centēnārius consisting of or relating to a hundred, f. centēni a hundred each. As to the form and pronunciation, see CENTENARY.] A. adj. Consisting of or relating to two hundred (in use, confined to years, as if confused with bicentennial). B. sb. Used for: The bicentennial, or two hundredth anniversary (of an event); also attrib.
1838. Newcastle Jrnl., 1 Dec., 4/2. Praise and prayer, on occasion of the bicentenary anniversary of the meeting of the Great Assembly held in Glasgow in 1638.
1862. Congreg. Year Bk., 72. The 24th day of August, 1862 the Bicentenary day of the ejectment of 2000 ministers.
1872. Daily News, 18 June, 5/5. The bi-centenary of Czar Peter’s birth.
1884. Athenæum, 4 Oct., 441/2. The bicentenary festival of the founder of Danish literature.
