Quinquennial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Happening once every five years.
  • adj. Lasting for five years.
  • n. A fifth anniversary.
  • n. A period of five years.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. that happens every five years
  • adj. that lasts for five years
  • n. a fifth anniversary
  • n. a five year period
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Occurring once in five years.
  • Recurring in the fifth year, reckoning both years of occurrence; occurring every fourth year. See II., 2.
  • Lasting five years.
  • n. A period of five years; a quinquenniad; hence, something characterized by such a period or interval, as an anniversary, or a college catalogue.
  • n. A festival or celebration occurring once in four years; an anniversary in the fifth year.
  • Word Usage
    "This festival was celebrated with spectacles and games of various kinds, which were called the quinquennial games, from the circumstance that the period for the celebration of them recurred once in five years."
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