单词 | quinquennal |
释义 | † quinquennaln.adj. Obsolete. A. n. 1. An ecclesiastical office held for five years. ΚΠ 1447 in G. W. Kitchin Rec. N. Convocation (1907) 180 (MED) The which words..they pretende to extende to thoo..that gete him ony quinquenal or other confessional, or ony other lyke dispensation of the pope. 2. = quinquennium n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1590 L. Lloyd Consent of Time xv. vii. 548 He ordeined certaine places euery fiue Quinquenale, imitating the Greekes in their Olympiads, and named them Neronea, the playes of Nero. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 140 Allowing for each of those a Lustrum or Quinquennal. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) Index sig. Dddddd4/2 When the first Quinquennal of his Empire was at an end, he [sc. Octavius] prolonged it for five years more. 1788 N. Lardner Wks. I. 368 He observes also marks of honour shewn to the Quinquennals of this epoch, such as the dedication of temples by himself. B. adj. = quinquennial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 1532 (a1475) J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Digby 145) f. 149 v Whan this realme gave to ther kyng a quinsime and a disime quinquinall [a1475 MS. Laud quinqueniale]. 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. Chronol. 1344/1 In this Consuls yeere, was the Quinquennale solemnitie performed. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. vii. 176 At the Quinquennal, or fiue-yeerly playes [L. quinquennalibus ludis]. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) ii. 897 This was at the end of his quinquennal pastime celebrated the second time. 1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quinquennal... of 5 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1447 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。