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lustrum
[ luhs-truhm ]
noun
- a period of five years.
- Roman History. a lustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census.
lustrum
/ ˈlʌstrəm /
noun
- a period of five years
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One of the British novels with the highest sales hopes before Christmas is Lustrum by Robert Harris.
This review was called the closing of the lustrum, because it was accompanied with sacrifices and purifications named lustrations.
The term lustrum was applied to the interval of five years between two censuses.
Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good-bye to him in a year.
A meditative man in his sixth lustrum can be very happy with pruning-hook and shears among his young trees.
Why, you will have a million, not in a decade, but in a lustrum.
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