Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A period of seven years, or an arrangement lasting or intended to last through seven years.
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- noun A period of seven years.
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- noun A period of
seven years .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He doubts the due abnormal succession of the Presidents as little as he does that of the British kings, and a great deal less than he does that of some of the continental monarchs, to say nothing of the French ruler, whose septennate happens also to be within about two years of its close.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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On the replacement of the latter by Marshal MacMahon, the duc de Broglie became president of the council and minister for foreign affairs (May 1873), but in the reconstruction of the ministry on the 26th of November, after the passing of the septennate, transferred himself to the ministry of the interior.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The majority of this commission, monarchist by inclination, contented itself with proposing, in January, 1875, a law providing simply for the continuance of the existing "septennate."
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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Though co-founder and leader of the Centre, he followed in many individual questions his own views, e.g. in the extension of the socialist law and in the question of the septennate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Thus miserably ended that too happy septennate, and so no more at present of
Peter Ibbetson George Du Maurier 1865
hernesheir commented on the word septennate
A species of itch that some people cannot resist scratching.
January 31, 2013
qms commented on the word septennate
I’m told that our cells do regenerate.
We’re fully renewed in a septennate.
If I could consult
On a better result
I might have a body to celebrate.
February 25, 2019