semicentennial

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: semicentenary

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)Synonyms: semicentenaryType of anniversary, day of remembrance

Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversarySynonyms: semicentenary
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sem′i·cen·ten′ni·al adjective

Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.


Sem′i·cen·ten′ni·al noun

A fiftieth anniversary.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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