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Today's Word "sexcentenary"

Relating to the number 600 or a period of 600 years on

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sexcentenary \seks-sen-TEN-uh-ree\ (adjective) - Relating to the number 600 or a period of 600 years.

(noun) - A 600th anniversary.

"As the company looked back on its history on the occasion of its sexcentenary it became obvious that the slow, steady, safe path had gotten them to where they were while competitiors had fallen by the wayside."

 

From Latin sex (six) + centenary (a period of 100 year), from centenarius.


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