triennium

American  

[trahy-en-ee-uhm] / traɪˈɛn i əm /

noun

• trienniums,
  plural
• triennia
  plural

1. a period of three years.

---

triennium British  

/ traɪˈɛnɪəm /

noun

1. a period or cycle of three years

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• triennia
  plural
• trienniums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of triennium

1840–50; < Latin: period of three years, equivalent to trienn ( is ) pertaining to three years ( tri- tri- + -enn-, combining form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

triennium

He will close the books of Hyderabad's present financial triennium Oct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our father provincial, Fray Juan Enríquez, had had a most happy triennium.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

At the completion of his triennium he was chosen president of the Recollect hospitium in Mexico.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Emma Helen Blair

After the second year of his triennium, the provincial sent another procurator; for the first one, warned by the voyage, thought that he ought not to embark again.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

During that triennium I acted as prior of Panay for the second time; for during the intermediary chapter of our father Baraona I went as prior to Aclán, which was a house with a vote.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson