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octennial, a. (n.)|ɒkˈtɛnɪəl|
[f. L. octennium a period of eight years (f. octo eight + ann-us year) + -al1: cf. biennial, etc.]
Of or pertaining to a period of eight years; occurring, or lasting, during eight years; recurring every eighth year.
Octennial Act, an act passed in 1768 limiting the duration of the Irish Parliament to eight years.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 679 [His] office is octennial. 1769Ld. Townshend in Lecky Eng. in 18th C. (1882) IV. 386 The Octennial Bill..gave the first blow to the dominion of aristocracy in this kingdom. 1847Grote Greece (1862) III. xxviii. 52 The octennial solemnity in honour of the God. 1865― Plato I. iii. 123 An octennial period of octaetêris.
†B. as n. A period of eight years. Obs. rare.
1679J. Leanerd in E. Ecclestone Noah's Flood A, I'de an Octenial spend to reach the height.
Hence ocˈtennially adv., once in eight years.
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