quinquennium

American  

[kwin-kwen-ee-uhm, kwing-] / kwɪnˈkwɛn i əm, kwɪŋ- /

Also quinquenniad

noun

plural

quinquenniums, quinquennia

1. a period of five years.

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quinquennium British  

/ kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm /

noun

1. a period or cycle of five years

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Etymology

Origin of quinquennium

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

Example Sentences

This period—which the Roman emperor Trajan labelled the quinquennium Neronis—matches up almost exactly with the time of Seneca’s greatest influence over Nero.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

Most phenomenally popular book of the quinquennium, he would report, was Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Studio assumantur, qui usque ad quatriennium vel quinquennium, donec praefatum Studium in bonis studentibus laudabiliter progressum acceperit, regant et doceant in eodem.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

The famous quinquennium, an oasis in the desert of despotism, was probably the happiest period of Seneca’s life.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

I confess with shame a pusillanimity that is apt to flag if a "to be continued" do not redeem its promise before the lapse of a quinquennium.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell