tricentenary
Celebrating three centuries
A tricentenary is a three-hundredth anniversary: The university celebrated its tricentenary with a year of special events.
Also used as an adjective: tricentenary celebrations.
The word is more common in British English; Americans tend to prefer tercentenary or tercentennial.
300th anniversary milestone
- observanceKeeping of customs
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
honoring · recognition · ceremony · homage · reverence · acknowledgment · testimonial · reflection
Special anniversary observance
- galaFestive formal occasion
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- pageantStaged public display
ceremony · banquet · fete · festivity · revelry · carnival · gathering · merriment
Distinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
landmark · benchmark · watershed · founding · establishment · charter · inception · origin
tercentenary
300th anniversary milestone
- observanceKeeping of customs
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
tribute · honoring · recognition · ceremony · homage · reverence · acknowledgment · testimonial · reflection · commemorative
jubilee
Special anniversary observance
pageant · ceremony · banquet · fete · festivity · revelry · carnival · gathering · merriment · soiree
epoch
Distinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
chronology · landmark · benchmark · watershed · founding · establishment · charter · inception · origin
legacy
What's passed down
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
patrimony · preservation · conservation · artifacts · relics · customs · folklore · genealogy · heirloom · inheritance
tricentenaryfirst anniversary
One year commemoration
founding · annual · centenary · millennium · golden jubilee