vicennium

noun

vicennium

noun

Etymology From Latin vicennium, from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vicennial + -ium.

1

Rare A period of twenty years.

Derived terms
vicennial
Related terms
vicennalia, k'atun, annum (1 year), biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, tricennium, centennium (100), quincentennium (500), millennium (1000), decamillennium (10,000), centimillennium (100,000), millionennium (1,000,000)

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