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septennium

/ sɛpˈtɛnɪəm /

noun

  1. a period or cycle of seven years
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of septennium1

C19: from Latin, from septem seven + -ennium, from annus year
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Example Sentences

De tuo itaque honore, quem nomine tuo adquisisti, et de avere, fac in vita et in morte quod tibi placuerit post illud septennium.

Amid considerable opposition he began, in 1870, the first of his three periods of administration—the Septennium, as it was termed.

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