Meaning of "sexcentenary" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEXCENTENARY

From Latin sexcentēnī six hundred each.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEXCENTENARY

sexcentenary  [ˌsɛksɛnˈtiːnərɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXCENTENARY

Sexcentenary can act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEXCENTENARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anniversary

An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same date of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints.

Definition of sexcentenary in the English dictionary

The first definition of sexcentenary in the dictionary is of or relating to 600 or a period of 600 years. Other definition of sexcentenary is of, relating to, or celebrating a 600th anniversary. Sexcentenary is also a 600th anniversary or its celebration.

TRANSLATION OF SEXCENTENARY

Find out the translation of sexcentenary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sexcentenary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sexcentenary» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: sexcentenary
• Translator English - Spanish: sexto Centenario
• English: sexcentenary
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• Translator English - French: sixième centenaire
• Translator English - Malay: Sexcentenary
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• Translator English - Javanese: Sexcentenary
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• Translator English - Tamil: அறுநூறாவது ஆண்டு விழா
• Translator English - Marathi: लिंगशास्त्राचा
• Translator English - Turkish: altı yüzüncü yıldönümü
• Translator English - Italian: sexcentenary
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXCENTENARY»

Discover the use of sexcentenary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sexcentenary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dante Sexcentenary Lectures (1921)

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.

Anonymous, 2010

Dante: Essays in Commemoration

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Dante Sexcentenary Committee, 2011

Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici, 1389-1464: essays in ...

This book grows out of a scholarly symposium organized by the Society for Renaissance Studies for the sexcentenary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth.

Cosimo de' Medici, Francis Ames-Lewis, Society for Renaissance Studies (Great Britain), 1992

Spiritual Journey, Imperial City: Pilgrimage to the Temples ...

Vijayanagara Sexcentenary Association 1936 Vijayanagara Sexcentenary Commemoration Volume. Vijayanagara Sexcentenary Association and Karnatak Historical Research Society, Dharwar. Vijayaraghavacharya, V. (editor) 1933 ...

Alexandra Mack, 2002

Lives of Indian Images

Dharwar: Vijayanagara Empire Sexcentenary Association. Kielhorn, F. 1892. " Inscriptions from Khajuraho." Epigraphia Indica 1: 121-52. King, Major J. S., trans. 1899. "History of the Bahmani Dynasty." Indian Antiquary 28: 119-38, 141-55, ...

Richard H. Davis, 1999

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

Sexcentenary dinner: The Stapeldon Magazine, June 1914, 44–5.Chequers Club 'Binge': Priestman, Life and Legend, 25–6. 'All our festivities . . .': L. R. Farnell, ' Sexcentenary Celebration of the College', in The Stapeldon Magazine, ...

John Garth, 2013

Collected papers: historical, literary, travel and miscellaneous

POSTSCRIPT AND ENVOI [1921] I had at first thought of concluding this Collection by reprinting (with permission) an article entitled The Peter- house Sexcentenary, which appeared in The Saturday Review on December 20th, 1884 , two days ...

Sir Adolphus William Ward

God and Intelligence

Professor Taylor has seen its importance, as he so well testified during the Thomistic sexcentenary celebration. He writes: “This at least is clear, that a theory of perception and perceptual knowledge which is to meet the requirements of modern ...

Fulton J. Sheen, 2009

Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur

Vijayanagara Sexcentenary Commemoration Volume. Dharwar: Vijayanagara Empire Sexcentenary Association. Karve, Iravati. 1968. Maharashtra—Land and Its People. Maharashtra State Gazetteer. Bombay: Directorate of Government ...

Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, 2011

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I: The Century of ...

Vijayanagara Sexcentenary Commemoration Volume. (Published under the auspices of the Vijayanagara Empire Sexcentenary Association and Kematak Historical Research Society, Dharwar.) Dharwar, 1936. Wessels, C. Early Jesuit ...

Donald F. Lach, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXCENTENARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sexcentenary is used in the context of the following news items.

Rising tide of conflict

This policy shift has been bolstered by the sexcentenary celebrations of China's most famous sea voyages by Zheng He, one of world's first great seafarers. «Asia Times Online, Mar 12»

Town mouse on changes at Peterhouse

Once decommissioned, the Birdwood, it was thought, could house the Sex Club (not what you think-it's short for Sexcentenary; the college is more than 700 ... «Country Life, Jul 11»