"quincentennium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quincentennia [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin quincentennium (“500-year period”). Compare the classical Latin form quingenti (“500”). Equivalent to quin- (“five”) + centennium (“century, 100-year period”). Cognate with quincentenary and quincentennial. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|quincentennium||500-year period}} New Latin quincentennium (“500-year period”), {{prefix|en|quin|centennium|t1=five|t2=century, 100-year period}} quin- (“five”) + centennium (“century, 100-year period”) Head templates: {{en-noun|quincentennia}} quincentennium (plural quincentennia)
  1. (rare) A period of five hundred years, half a millennium. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Five, Hundred, Time

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