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

I except orators, of course, because they are things of ages, and not of septennial or triennial reunions.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

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

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