pertaining to or marking a period of 400 years; quatercentennial.
qua·ter·cen·te·na·ry ˌkwä-tər-sen-ˈte-nə-rē -ˈsen-tə-ˌner-ē -sen-ˈtē-nə-rē : a 400th anniversary or its celebration.
quincentenary. / (ˌkwɪnsɛnˈtiːnərɪ) / noun plural -naries. a 500th anniversary or the year or celebration marking it.
Quadricentennial, kwod-ri-sen-ten′i-al, adj. pertaining to a period of 400 years.
a centennial. a period of 100 years; century.
millennium, a period of 1,000 years.
tercentennial. / (ˌtɜːsɛnˈtiːnərɪ) / adjective. of or relating to a period of 300 years. of or relating to a 300th anniversary or its celebration.
The 400-year period between the Old Testament and New Testament is called the Intertestamental Period about which we know a great deal from extra-biblical sources. This period was violent, with many upheavals that affected religious beliefs.
Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
In other words, our ancestors increase exponentially the further back we look. About 20 generations (about 400 years), ago we each have about a million ancestors - and after that the numbers start to get even sillier. Forty generations ago (800 years) gives us one trillion ancestors, and fifty gives one quadrillion.
The answer is Eon. Eon often refers to a span of one billion years. Save this answer.
However, there are three anniversaries which follow the 70-year mark, which are as follows: 75th anniversary - Diamond (which is not to be confused with the Diamond anniversary or Jubilee to mark 60 years) 80th anniversary - Oak.
consisting of or lasting 200 years: a bicentennial period.
Between Malachi and Matthew, four hundred years passed in the Holy Land for which we have no prophetic record. Much happened during this period that affects our understanding of the New Testament, so it is important to be familiar with at least the major events that occurred in this intertestamental period.
The Four Hundred (sometimes The Four Hundred Club) a phrase meaning the wealthiest, most famous, or most powerful social group (see, e.g., Ward McAllister), leading to the generation of such lists as the Forbes 400.
When mankind had become corrupted in the period preceding the flood, God said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh; his days shall be a hundred and twenty years' (Gen. 6:3).
The date of birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical sources, but most biblical scholars generally accept a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC, the year in which King Herod died.
A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children."
Reasons for the summary
The numbers may be linked to Daniel 9:24–27, which states that seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, would pass between the restoration of Jerusalem and the coming of the messiah. Since generations were commonly placed at 35 years, this means exactly 14 generations.
Answer and Explanation: The High Middle Ages was the period that came after the Dark Ages. This was followed by the Late Middle Ages.
Officially, the current epoch is called the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago after the last major ice age.
A person between 30 and 39 is called a tricenarian. A person between 40 and 49 is called a quadragenarian. A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian. A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian.
* 1 millennium. = 10 centuries = 1000 years. * 1 century = 10 decades = 100 years.