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 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
He went on to draw a picture of what might come to pass under an unscrupulous minister, sustained by a corrupted septennial Parliament.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
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
