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; see 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

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

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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.