Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting thirty, or something marked by the number thirty; specifically, marked by the term of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

Etymologies

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Latin tricennium thirty years; triginta thirty + annus year: compare Latin tricennalis.

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