Synonyms

quinquennium

American

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

Also quinquenniad

noun

plural

quinquenniums, quinquennia

a period of five years.

quinquennium British

/ kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm /

noun

a period or cycle of five years

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Etymology

Origin of quinquennium

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

Example Sentences

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New York held a quinquennium of history for myself and 40 years for mommy, and that history included my daddy.

From Salon

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

In the quinquennium ending 1885 the number of such cigars was 34 millions.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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