biennium

[ bahy-en-ee-uhm ]

noun,plural bi·en·ni·ums, bi·en·ni·a

[bahy-en-ee-uh]. /baɪˈɛn i ə/.

a period of two years.

Origin of biennium

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1895–1900; <Latin, equivalent to bi-bi-¹ + -enn- (combining form of annus year) + -ium-ium

Words Nearby biennium

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How to use biennium in a sentence

Imo, rex augustissime—biennium fere apud lugdunenses Moratus sum.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
Multum inde auri reportaturus existimetur, si ibi annum vel biennium communi omnium more transigat.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) | Henry Martyn Baird
This has been used and the library has therefore had this biennium, $9,000 a year.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 | Various

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