Definitions for septennial

septennial sep·ten·ni·al

Spelling: [sep-ten-ee-uh l]
IPA: /sɛpˈtɛn i əl/

Septennial is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 815 anagrams from letters in septennial (aeeilnnpst).

Definitions for septennial

adjective

  1. occurring every seven years.
  2. of or for seven years.

noun

  1. something that occurs every seven years.

Origin of septennial

1630-40; Late Latin septenni(s) (Latin septuennis) seven years old (sept(em) seven + -enn-, combining form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -al<

Examples for septennial

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

Would Americans, in general, ever submit to septennial elec-109-tions?

The former was in favor of septennial, the latter of triennial parliaments.

The septennial Act outlived this and many another effort to obtain its repeal, and remains in force to this day.

As such, the elder Grattan, who was a courtier, opposed the septennial Bill.

In March, 1722, the first septennial Parliament came to an end, and again the Whigs were returned by an overwhelming majority.

In 1716 this was repealed, and the present act passed, making them septennial.

The Parliament of England, with respect to America, was not septennial but perpetual.

The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration.

The septennial Act lengthened that existence by a further period of four years.

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