septennium
/ (sɛpˈtɛnɪəm) /
nounplural -niums or -nia (-nɪə)
a period or cycle of seven years
Origin of septennium
1C19: from Latin, from septem seven + -ennium, from annus year
Words Nearby septennium
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How to use septennium in a sentence
De tuo itaque honore, quem nomine tuo adquisisti, et de avere, fac in vita et in morte quod tibi placuerit post illud septennium.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetAmid considerable opposition he began, in 1870, the first of his three periods of administration—the septennium, as it was termed.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World | William R. Shepherd
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