septennial
adjUS /sɛpˈtɛniəl/
Etymology From septennium + -al, from Latin septennis (“7-year”), q.v.
1
Of or relating to a 7 year period.
- septennial parliaments... septennial elections...
- "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:
- Derived terms
- septennially