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

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

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

On the question of the septennial renewal of the Chamber of Deputies, M. de Châteaubriand proposed the reduction of age necessary for electors; he failed in this object, but still supported the bill.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William