quinquennium

American  

[kwin-kwen-ee-uhm, kwing-] / kwɪnˈkwɛn i əm, kwɪŋ- /

Also quinquenniad

noun

plural

quinquenniums, quinquennia

1. a period of five years.

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quinquennium British  

/ kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm /

noun

1. a period or cycle of five years

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Etymology

Origin of quinquennium

1615–25; < Latin quīnquennium; quinque-, biennium

Example Sentences

This period—which the Roman emperor Trajan labelled the quinquennium Neronis—matches up almost exactly with the time of Seneca’s greatest influence over Nero.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

Most phenomenally popular book of the quinquennium, he would report, was Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Studio assumantur, qui usque ad quatriennium vel quinquennium, donec praefatum Studium in bonis studentibus laudabiliter progressum acceperit, regant et doceant in eodem.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

In the quinquennium ending 1885 the number of such cigars was 34 millions.

From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.

The young tiger was held on leash for the famous quinquennium by Burrus and Seneca.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel