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
It can change and create afresh even the constitution of the kingdom, and of the parliaments themselves; as was done by the act of union and the several statutes for triennial and septennial elections.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de
The Parliament of England, with respect to America, was not septennial but perpetual.
From A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up by Paine, Thomas
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
