lustrum
noun
a period of five years.
lustrums
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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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In the evolution of the Spanish government the stages will be counted by lustrums.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been gone three days, and, in their lapse, Theo felt as if three lustrums had passed.
From Theo A Sprightly Love Story by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Eight lustrums pure celestial eyes Beamed through her tender, loving gaze, Commingling all the sweet surprise Of heavenly with the earthly rays.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
The doctor himself had altered in no essential; he was at that period of man's life—between fifty and sixty—when ravaging time seems to give him a respite for a couple of lustrums.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
It was enough for them, that they were to live asunder two whole years; and two whole years appear like an age to those who have not yet lived their four lustrums.
From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore
