tercentenary

Three hundredth birthday

A tercentenary is a three-hundredth anniversary or its celebration: The university marked its tercentenary with a year of special events.

The adjective describes things relating to such an anniversary: tercentenary celebrations, a tercentenary edition.

Also called tricentennial.

anniversary

quadricentennial

400th anniversary milestone

commemoration · founding · establishment · charter · incorporation · birth · occasion · landmark · marker · observance

celebration

gala

Festive formal occasion

festivities · banquet · jubilee · parade · fireworks · procession · commemoration · fanfare · revelry · soiree

commemoration

tribute

Offering of respect

honoring · dedication · recognition · ceremony · observance · testimonial · reverence · reflection · plaque · statue

historical

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

antiquity · founding · origins · ancestry · tradition · monument · memorial · artifact · museum · preservation

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anniversary duration/interval

tercentenaryfirst anniversary

One year commemoration

inaugural · annual · founding · origin · beginning

Family

centennial, centenary, millennial, bicentennial, bicentenary, tricentennial, sesquicentennial, tercentennial, semicentennial

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