lustrum
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.
Origin of lustrum
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How to use lustrum in a sentence
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.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.The term lustrum was applied to the interval of five years between two censuses.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.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.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotA meditative man in his sixth lustrum can be very happy with pruning-hook and shears among his young trees.
The Fat of the Land | John Williams Streeter
Why, you will have a million, not in a decade, but in a lustrum.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) | William Henry Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for lustrum
lustre
/ (ˈlʌstrəm) /
a period of five years
Origin of lustrum
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