quinquennial

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The Federal Parliament is quinquennial, the local legislatures quadrennial.

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  1. adjective Happening once every five years.
  2. adjective Lasting for five years.
  3. noun A fifth anniversary.
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  • In the 1990s, a Fr. Alberto Athie prevailed on the Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Dr Carlos Talavera, to raise the scandal of Marciel during the Bishop's quinquennial ad limina visit to the Vatican. —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • Viagra alternative new drug playing the quinquennial the old twins on three desks of order - Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and V. Smile. —  Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX related news
  • Additionally, we organize national events in Cambridge such as our fall and spring meetings and quinquennial Class Reunions. —  HLS News
  • The Federal Parliament is quinquennial, the local legislatures quadrennial. —  The Stamps of Canada
  • [798] This need not mean that the holocausts were quinquennial, for they may have been offered yearly, at Midsummer, to judge by the ritual of modern survivals. —  The Religion of the Ancient Celts
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  1. For *quinquennal, from Latin quinquennalis, occurring once in five years, from quinquennis, of five years, from quinque, = English five, + annus, year.
 

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