centenary
Hundred-year anniversary
A centenary is a hundredth anniversary or the celebration marking it: The university planned elaborate events for its centenary.
As an adjective, it describes things relating to a hundred-year period: centenary celebrations, centenary edition.
More common in British English; Americans typically say centennial.
Special anniversary observance
- quadricentennial400th anniversary milestone
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
platinum · ruby · sapphire · birthday · founding · establishment · inception · birth
Ordinal for one hundred
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
culmination · benchmark · marker · threshold · chronicle · timeline · historic · momentous
Formal event marking occasions
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- tributeOffering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- observanceKeeping of customs
remembrance · honoring · dedication · wreath-laying · plaque · monument · parade · festivity
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- foundationUnderlying support structure
endowment · trust · philanthropy · posterity · continuity · succession · conservation · history
jubilee
Special anniversary observance
- quadricentennial400th anniversary milestone
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- silverLustrous white precious metal
diamond · platinum · ruby · sapphire · birthday · founding · establishment · inception · birth
hundredth
Ordinal for one hundred
watershed · culmination · benchmark · marker · threshold · chronicle · timeline · historic · momentous · significant
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- tributeOffering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
observance · remembrance · honoring · dedication · wreath-laying · plaque · monument · parade · festivity · pageant
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
foundation · endowment · trust · philanthropy · posterity · continuity · succession · conservation · history · archives
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- anniversariessemicentennial, decennial, quinquennial, quincentennial, silver jubilee
- Jubileesgolden jubilee, silver jubilee, diamond jubilee, platinum jubilee, jubilee year
- Scientific SocietiesRoyal Academy, fellow, fellowship, president, charter
centenarian, bicentenary, tercentenary, centenarians, centenaries, supercentenarian