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
The opportunity, however, never came, and the septennial period for the French presidency, established thus by monarchists in their own interest, was destined to pass into the permanent mechanism of a republican state.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
In 1755, the beginning of another septennial period, the six-day service was widely extended.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
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
