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

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

He warmly supported the septennial bill in the same year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various