septennial
Americanadjective
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occurring every seven years.
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of or for seven years.
noun
adjective
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occurring every seven years
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relating to or lasting seven years
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Etymology
Origin of septennial
1630–40; < Late Latin septenni ( s ) ( Latin septuennis ) seven years old ( sept ( em ) seven + -enn-, combining form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -al 1
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It could be, of course, that advancing years and their own septennial celebrity have made the subjects unwilling to spill their guts to their show-biz Mr. Chips.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then the fifth septennial Assembly of the World Council of Churches will settle down to the issues that trouble the non-Catholic wing of the ecumenical movement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
He hated dissenters and stockjobbers, the excise and the army, septennial parliaments, and continental connections.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
I except orators, of course, because they are things of ages, and not of septennial or triennial re-unions.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
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