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 law of septennial elections tranquillized public life by suspending any legal or regular manifestation by the nation for seven years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

All the leading features in Mr. Coleridge's life, during these two septennial periods, will no doubt, be detailed by others.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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