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- adjective
quinquennial
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The 2009 quintennial session of Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia represented 220 religions and featured 675 programs, 37 movie screenings, and 84 off-site events.
Religion Needs Atheism Samir Selmanovic 2010
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The 2009 quintennial session of Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia represented 220 religions and featured 675 programs, 37 movie screenings, and 84 off-site events.
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The quintennial piece of legislation that steers billions of dollars into subsidies for farmers who mass-produce the raw materials of which junk food is made.
Cheap, Crappy Calories Sean 2007
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These quintennial conferences had begun as grand outings, an opportunity for the general and his family, together with his most trusted captains, to embark on a journey away from the tedious rigors of war.
The Kinslayer Wars Niles, Douglas 1991
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In November 1940, 'quintennial celebration of printing' exhibitions, public lectures, etc., in honour of Gutenberg, and his successors, took place in the four main centres (Printing Prestige, 16 (December 1940): pp. 13-15).
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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High school reunions are a quintennial rite of torture for everybody, like dentistry.
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