triennium

[ trahy-en-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural tri·en·ni·ums, tri·en·ni·a [trahy-, en, -ee-, uh].

1. a period of three years.

triennium

/ traɪˈɛnɪəm /

noun

1. a period or cycle of three years

Word History and Origins

Origin of triennium¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of triennium¹

C19: from Latin, from tri- + annus a year

Example Sentences

Vicarii, ibidem natus, lit. ver� gram. inst. apud South-Molton per sexennium, et apud Ottery St. Mary per triennium sub viro revdo Joanne Colridge.

From Project Gutenberg

Devon. lit. gram. instit. per quinquennium apud Torrington sub Mro Reynolds, deinde per triennium sub Mro Rayner apud Tiverton, in com. pr�dicto.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Ut autem in praedictis medicina et artibus praefatum Studium tanto plenius coalescat, quanto peritiores doctores in huiusmodi suis primitiis ibidem caeperint actu regere etdocere, statuimus, quod usque ad triennium vel quatriennium aliqui doctores, duo ad minus, qui in medicinali scientia in Parisien, vel Bononien, aut aliis famosis generalibus Studiis honorem receperint doctoratus, ad docendum et regendum in scientia medicinae et tres vel duo ad minus, qui in artibus in Parisien.

From Project Gutenberg

In years he was the other man’s senior, and he had also visited a university for a triennium before joining the army, while the other had simply completed the easy curriculum of the military academy.

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