triennium

American  

[trahy-en-ee-uhm] / traɪˈɛn i əm /

noun

trienniums, plural triennia plural

1. a period of three years.

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triennium British  

/ traɪˈɛnɪəm /

noun

1. a period or cycle of three years

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• triennia
  plural
• trienniums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of triennium

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

At the completion of his triennium he was chosen president of the Recollect hospitium in Mexico.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen

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.

From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Bilse, Fritz Oswald

During this triennium the Manila Parián was burned.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander