lustrums
- plural of lustrum.
Example Sentences
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In the evolution of the Spanish government the stages will be counted by lustrums.
From Time Magazine Archive
Forty-seven; I'll no' deny it, Lundie; and if I get Mabel, there'll be just a wife for every twa lustrums.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
And whilst so many lustrums of the sun Rolled on across the sky, men led a life After the roving habit of wild beasts.
From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery
