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
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 Herbert Joyce
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 Edmund Burke
He hated dissenters and stockjobbers, the excise and the army, septennial parliaments, and continental connections.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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