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Demisesquicentennial

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Demisequicentenial is a celebration of 75 years. The word is from demi- meaning one-half, sequi- meaning one and a half-, from cent- meaning one hundred, and from -ennial meaning yearly.


Thus, Demisequicentenial means one half of a one-and-a-half centuries. or one half of 150 years or 75 years.