septennial
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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
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
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
On this state of feeling the government introduced septennial parliaments.
From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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
