quinquennium

[ kwin-kwen-ee-uhm, kwing- ]

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noun,plural quin·quen·ni·ums, quin·quen·ni·a

[kwin-kwen-ee-uh, kwing-]. /kwɪnˈkwɛn i ə, kwɪŋ-/.

a period of five years.

Origin of quinquennium

1615–25; <Latin quīnquennium;see quinque-, biennium

Also quin·quen·ni·ad [kwin-kwen-ee-ad, kwing-]. /kwɪnˈkwɛn iˌæd, kwɪŋ-/.

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How to use quinquennium in a sentence

But what a preceding quinquennium—that from 1672 to 1677—have we here, for a moment, before us!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 | Various
In the quinquennium ending 1885 the number of such cigars was 34 millions.
Tobacco Leaves | W. A. Brennan
In the last quinquennium the number exceeded 2,000 millions.
Tobacco Leaves | W. A. Brennan
Then there came to Rome the famed quinquennium Neronis, when, for five years, peace and plenty smiled.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 | Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for quinquennium

quinquennium

/ (kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm) /

nounplural -nia (-nɪə)

a period or cycle of five years

Origin of quinquennium

C17: from Latin quinque five + annus year

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