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

I except orators, of course, because they are things of ages, and not of septennial or triennial re-unions.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

It is larger and more comprehensive than any individual representation of it; it may be said to have a "subliminal self," of which any septennial period sees but a meagre epitome.

From Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

Thus, in 1741, which was the first year of a new septennial period, he guaranteed the country letters to produce �17,500; in 1748 he guaranteed them to produce �18,000; and in 1755, �18,500.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert