septennial
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And then the fifth septennial Assembly of the World Council of Churches will settle down to the issues that trouble the non-Catholic wing of the ecumenical movement.
From Time Magazine Archive
It could be, of course, that advancing years and their own septennial celebrity have made the subjects unwilling to spill their guts to their show-biz Mr. Chips.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Pultney said, he thought annual parliaments would be best, but preferred septennial to triennial and voted against the motion.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
On the question of the septennial renewal of the Chamber of Deputies, M. de Châteaubriand proposed the reduction of age necessary for electors; he failed in this object, but still supported the bill.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William
