septennial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɛpˈtɛniəl/ (US)
Etymology
From septennium + -al, from Latin septennis (“7-year”), q.v.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to a 7 year period.
septennial parliaments... septennial elections...
"Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189: