QUATERCENTENARY Meaning of QUATERCENTENARY in English [ ˌkwatəsɛn'ti:n(ə)ri , -'tɛn- , ˌkweɪtə- ]■ noun ( plural quatercentenaries ) a four-hundredth anniversary.OriginC19: from L. quater 'four times' + centenary . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004