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lustrum
[ luhs-truhm ]
noun
, plural lus·trums, lus·tra [luhs, -tr, uh].
- a period of five years.
- Roman History. a lustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census.
lustrum
/ ˈlʌstrəm /
noun
- a period of five years
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lustrum1
C16: from Latin: ceremony of purification, from lustrāre to brighten, purify
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Example Sentences
One of the British novels with the highest sales hopes before Christmas is Lustrum by Robert Harris.
From The Daily Beast
This review was called the closing of the lustrum, because it was accompanied with sacrifices and purifications named lustrations.
From Project Gutenberg
The term lustrum was applied to the interval of five years between two censuses.
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Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good-bye to him in a year.
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A meditative man in his sixth lustrum can be very happy with pruning-hook and shears among his young trees.
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Why, you will have a million, not in a decade, but in a lustrum.
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