n., pl., -ries.
A 400th anniversary or celebration.
adj.
Of or relating to a span of 400 years or to a 400th anniversary.
[From alteration of Latin quadringentī, quadrigentī, four hundred (on the model of such words as TERCENTENARY).]
quadricentenary
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quad·ri·cen·ten·a·ry (kwŏd'rĭ-sĕn-tĕn'ə-rē, -sĕn'tə-nĕr'ē) 
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n., pl., -ries.
A 400th anniversary or celebration.
adj.
Of or relating to a span of 400 years or to a 400th anniversary.
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