quincentennium

quincentennium · noun — A period of five hundred years, half a millennium.

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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.

noun

A period of five hundred years, half a millennium.

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Words closest in meaning

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quincentenarian 75% match — One who or that which is between 500 and 599 years old. vs quincentennium →
quinquennium 74% match — A period of five years. vs quincentennium →
quinquenniad 71% match — Synonym of quinquennium: A 5-year period. vs quincentennium →
cinquecento 68% match — Sixteenth-century (1500s). vs quincentennium →
quinquennially 64% match — Every five years. vs quincentennium →
centimillennium 64% match — A period of time consisting of one hundred thousand years. vs quincentennium →
pentennial 64% match — Synonym of quinquennial: occurring every five years. vs quincentennium →
quintade 64% match — Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades. vs quincentennium →