Meaning

3 senses

  1. Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.

  2. A 5th anniversary, particularly

  3. A 5th anniversary, particularly

    (historical)Synonym of quinquennalia, the festival and religious ritual held in the 5th year of a Roman emperor's reign.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The Athenians, after the purification, celebrated, for the first time, the quinquennial festival of the Delian games.

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīn

Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

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Forms

plural: quinquennials
Singularquinquennial
Pluralquinquennials

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
quinquenniumquinquennaliaquintennialwooden anniversary

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quincequininequinoaquintessencequintessential

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