lustrum
noun
a period of five years.
lustra
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pluralof lustrum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Sary passed her hand over the lustra design on the shade and Mrs. Brewster turned to leave the room.
From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
This led to the computation of time amongst the Romans, by lustra, or periods of five years.
From Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Frances Bowyer Vaux
He accepted of the tribunitian power for life, but more than once chose a colleague in that office for two lustra 147 successively.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Thus passed away two lustra of her life, and as yet my daughter remained nameless upon the earth.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Edgar Allan Poe
All the sunny glow of the great Roman's genius seems reflected in this revival of his sentiments, albeit under varying physical conditions, well-nigh three hundred and fifty lustra afterwards.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
