septennium
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
septennium (plural septennia)
- A period of seven years.
- 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, page 265 ↗:
- It might be sufficient to answer, that, of the septennium required for the arts degree in the old system the greater portion is now spent at school.
- 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, page 265 ↗:
- (period of seven years) septenniad (rare)
- septenniad (rare)
- septennial
- septennian (obsolete, rare)
- (6-year period) sexennium
- (8-year period) octennium
- Spanish: septenio
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