septennial

American  

[sep-ten-ee-uhl] / sɛpˈtɛn i əl /

adjective

1. occurring every seven years.

2. of or for seven years.

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noun

1. something that occurs every seven years.

septennial British  

/ sɛpˈtɛnɪəl /

adjective

1. occurring every seven years

2. relating to or lasting seven years

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Other Word Forms

• septennially
  adverb

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

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

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

On this state of feeling the government introduced septennial parliaments.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Mr. Pultney said, he thought annual parliaments would be best, but preferred septennial to triennial and voted against the motion.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter