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
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
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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
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
Yet candour will own that to the same parliament every Englishman is deeply indebted: the septennial act, so vicious in its origin, has been sanctioned by time, experience, and the national consent.
From Memoirs of My Life and Writings by Gibbon, Edward
Even the same language is used in making the same application to the septennial act, which might as well have empowered the members of parliament to sit for life.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel
All the leading features in Mr. Coleridge's life, during these two septennial periods, will no doubt, be detailed by others.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
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