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quinquennial, a. and n.|kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəl|
Also 5 quinqueniale.
[f. L. quinquennis + -al1, or ad. L. quinquennālis: cf. biennial, centennial, etc.]
A. adj.
1. a. Lasting, continuing, holding office, etc., for five years.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xii. (1885) 140 When the reaume gaff to thair kyng a quinsime and a desime quinqueniale [1532 MS. Digby quinquinall]. 1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 30 So splendently appearing these 60 yeares together (onely a quinquennial Eclyps..excepted). a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 79 To procure a general League among Christian Princes (or at least a quinquennial Truce). 1711Steele Spect. No. 32 ⁋2, I find by my quinquennial Observations that we shall never get Ladies enough to make a Party. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 290 [He] placed me among the quinquennial Decurions. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xv. 507 The fifteen ‘gentlemen’ thus chosen constituted the quinquennial senate of Maryland, and themselves filled up any vacancy that might occur in their number during their term of five years.
b. Consisting of five years.
1847J. S. Mill Let. 19 Nov. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 725 The number of deaths..is less in each quinquennial period. 1884Law Reports 12 Queen's Bench Div. 393 The business profits made..during the quinquennial period.
2. Occurring every fifth year.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 105 The Quinquennial feasts and solemnities of the..Cæsars. 1687in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 112 His visitations are..limited to quinquennial. 1749G. West tr. Pindar, Nemean Odes xi, The great Quinquennial Festival of Jove. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. x. §3 The population..in every quinquennial census. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xxxiv, He orders his subjects to hold quinquennial assemblies. 1903Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/2 The Board of the London Hospital..has been impelled to issue its quinquennial appeal two or three weeks in advance of the appointed time. 1955Times 3 May 15/2 A quinquennial valuation of the ‘Royal’ life and annuity business was made at December 31.
3. Five years old (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
B. n.
1. A period of five years.
2. A magistrate holding office for five years.
1895Oracle Encycl. II. 118 They had duumvirs, quinquennials, and decurions, in imitation of the consuls, censors, and praetors of Rome.
3. A fifth anniversary.
1903Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/2 The hospital only begs widely every five years, and this year is our quinquennial.
Hence quinˈquennially adv., every five years. Also quinˈquennialist, one who advocates a (legislative) period of five years.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1816 G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. II. 478 In one region annually, and in another quinquennially. 1868Gladstone Juventus Mundi i. (1870) 21 To provide..for the recitation of his songs..quinquennially at the Panathenaia. 1888Times (weekly ed.) 3 Feb. 16/3 On behalf of the quinquennialists, it was argued that the change was one of mere expediency. 1972Nature 4 Feb. 246/3 Is this fraction to be reviewed annually or quinquennially, and, if so, by whom? 1979Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 2/1 There is no excuse for the use of phrases like reversionary bonus compounded quinquennially, when what is meant is a five-yearly pay-out with interest added. |