quinquennialadj.n.

Brit.

/kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəl/,

/kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəl/, U.S.

/kwɪŋˈkwɛniəl/

Forms: late Middle English quinqueniale, 1600s quinquennyal, 1600s– quinquennial.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quīnquennis , -al suffix¹; Latin quīnquennālis.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin quīnquennis five years old, lasting for five years, occurring every five years (see quinquenniad n.) + -al suffix¹, or < classical Latin quīnquennālis quinquennal adj., with alteration of the suffix after -ial suffix. Compare biennial adj., centennial adj., etc., and also -ennial comb. form.

A. adj.

a. Continuing for, or covering a period of, five years; holding office for five years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years

seven yeara1393

quinquenniala1475

triennial1641

septennary1644

biennial1645

septenarian1647

septennial1648

diennial1656

quadrennial1656

trienniated1661

quintennial1687

semi-millenary1728

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

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 140 When the reaume gaff to thair kyng a quinsime and a desime quinqueniale [1532 MS. Digby quinquinall].

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 30 So splendently appearing these 60 yeares together (onely a quinquennial Eclyps..excepted).

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 79 To procure a generall League among Christian Princes (or at least a quinquennall Truce).

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋2 I find by my quinquennial Observations that we shall never get Ladies enough to make a Party.

1791 C. Coote Hist. Eng. IV. 122 About this time, the quinquennial truce which had succeeded the septennial one between James and Henry, arrived at its close.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 290 [He] placed me among the quinquennial Decurions [L. decurionum quinquennales].

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xv. 267 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.

1971 Times 2 Mar. 15/3 The quinquennial plan with which the Conservatives came back to power.

1995 A. Waterman End of Pier Show 49 He was a realist. Quinquennial Plans, Personal Development Schemes, Bribes, marriage deals—the barbarians are vanquished.

b. Consisting of or lasting for five years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years

millenary1604

triennal1611

Olympiadical1638

decennal1648

decennial1656

tricennial1656

octodesexcentenary1677

sexmillennial1690

sexmillenary1728

quinquennial1746

milliary1753

decennalian1794

millennial1807

chiliadal1816

enneaeteric1846

chiliadic1854

decennary1855

sexcentenary1864

millennian1873

tricentenary1882

tricentennial1883

Olympiadic1890

postmillennial1977

1746 W. Cooke in tr. Sallust Wks. 208 Four Years intervened, and Pompey and Crassus became a second time Consuls; when the quinquennial Term of their several Governments was renewed.

1833 Times 15 May 1/5 Only two quinquennial periods would be found in which the fluctuations in the price of corn had been less..since the passing of this act.

1847 J. S. Mill Let. 19 Nov. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 725 The number of deaths..is less in each quinquennial period.

1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 393 The business profits made..during the quinquennial period.

1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 280/1 Willingdon's quinquennial term was extended for eight months to December 1918.

2000 Jrnl. Peace Res. 37 566/1 Each of the 163 minority groups documented..was scored for the most widespread and intense event reported during each quinquennial period.

†2. That is five years old. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quinquennial,..that is..five years old.

3. Occurring every fifth year.

ΚΠ

1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 112 His visitations are..limited to quinquennial.

1749 G. West tr. Pindar Odes Nemean xi. 110 The great Quinquennial Festival of Jove.

1796 M. G. Lewis Monk (ed. 2) II. iv. 96 He was not a little pleased to find that his mansion would be no longer troubled with the phantom's quinquennial visits.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. x. §3 The population..in every quinquennial census.

1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xxxiv He orders his subjects to hold quinquennial assemblies.

1903 Westm. 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.

1955 Times 3 May 15/2 A quinquennial valuation of the ‘Royal’ life and annuity business was made at December 31.

2000 Thames Water Ann. Rep. & Accts. 20/2 The latest quinquennial review of prices was undertaken by the UK regulator (Ofwat).

B. n.

1. A fifth anniversary. rare.In quot. 1788 probably a misprint for quinquennal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries

jubileec1386

quinquagenary1588

centenary1661

millennium1664

secular1706

coming of age1788

centennial1791

tricentenary1846

tercentenary1855

quinquennial1857

ter-millenary1864

sexcentenary1865

semi-centenary1870

bicentenary1872

septcentenary1873

quincentenary1877

sesquicentennial1880

quadricentennial1882

bicentennial1883

quatercentenary1883

tricentennial1883

tercentennial1884

quincentennial1885

octocentenary1888

quadrennial1890

quingentenary1892

octingentenary1893

ruby anniversary1893

semi-jubilee1893

septingentenary1893

millennial1896

millenary1897

quadringenary1905

quingenary1911

bimillenary1961

sesquicentenary1961

quasquicentennial1962

nongenary1966

octocentennial1994

1788 N. Lardner Wks. I. ii. iii. 368 He observes also marks of honour shewn to the Quinquennals of this epoch..with which the Quinquennials and Decennals, that is, the fifth and tenth years of remarkable events, were wont to be celebrated.]

1857 Southern Literary Messenger 24 312/1 Whether the matter escaped the recollection of the ‘Pilgrims’, or whether they considered the quinquennials impracticable, the anniversary broke upon the crumbling tower unsalvoed by the morning gun, and passed by in silence.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/2 The hospital only begs widely every five years, and this year is our quinquennial.

1934 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 12 Feb. 4/2 She does not wait for quinquennials or decennials. She celebrates every anniversary with all the zest of a child.

2. A period of five years. rare.

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

1877 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 40 69 The next table displays the growth..for the quinquennials 1866-70, 1871-75.

1991 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 29 698/1 The historical development of Swaziland's educational policies in quinquennials.

3. An official appointed for a term of five years. historical and rare.

ΚΠ

1877 Globe Encycl. II. 200/2 They had duumvirs, quinquennials, and decurions, in imitation of the consuls, censors, and praetors of Rome.

1931 tr. Constantine in P. R. Coles Hist. Educ. Thought ii. vii. 87 If any one harasses them, he shall pay one hundred thousand nummi to the treasury, exacted by the magistrates or the quinquennials, or else they themselves shall be subject to this penalty.

2004 A. E. Cooley & M. G. L. Cooley Pompeii iv. Pl. 4.1 A political poster, calling for the election of a Satrius as quinquennial.

Derivatives

† quinquennialist n. Obsolete rare a person who advocates a (legislative) period of five years.

ΚΠ

1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Feb. 16/3 On behalf of the quinquennialists, it was argued that the change was one of mere expediency.

quinˈquennially adv. every five years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > every specific number of years

triennially1689

quinquennially1727

septennially1729

biennially1775

quadrennially1785

sexennially1824

millennially1851

octennially1854

decennially1874

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Quinquennially, every five years.

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 478 In one region annually, and in another quinquennially.

1996 Guardian 12 Mar. i. 17/8 I am old enough to remember the time when UGC grants were set not annually, year by year, but quinquennially, for five years at a time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quinquennial
释义	quinquennialadj.n. Brit. /kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəl/, /kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəl/, U.S. /kwɪŋˈkwɛniəl/ Forms: late Middle English quinqueniale, 1600s quinquennyal, 1600s– quinquennial. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quīnquennis , -al suffix¹; Latin quīnquennālis. Etymology: Either < classical Latin quīnquennis five years old, lasting for five years, occurring every five years (see quinquenniad n.) + -al suffix¹, or < classical Latin quīnquennālis quinquennal adj., with alteration of the suffix after -ial suffix. Compare biennial adj., centennial adj., etc., and also -ennial comb. form. A. adj. 1. a. Continuing for, or covering a period of, five years; holding office for five years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years seven yeara1393 quinquenniala1475 triennial1641 septennary1644 biennial1645 septenarian1647 septennial1648 diennial1656 quadrennial1656 trienniated1661 quintennial1687 semi-millenary1728 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 a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 140 When the reaume gaff to thair kyng a quinsime and a desime quinqueniale [1532 MS. Digby quinquinall]. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 30 So splendently appearing these 60 yeares together (onely a quinquennial Eclyps..excepted). a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 79 To procure a generall League among Christian Princes (or at least a quinquennall Truce). 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋2 I find by my quinquennial Observations that we shall never get Ladies enough to make a Party. 1791 C. Coote Hist. Eng. IV. 122 About this time, the quinquennial truce which had succeeded the septennial one between James and Henry, arrived at its close. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 290 [He] placed me among the quinquennial Decurions [L. decurionum quinquennales]. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xv. 267 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. 1971 Times 2 Mar. 15/3 The quinquennial plan with which the Conservatives came back to power. 1995 A. Waterman End of Pier Show 49 He was a realist. Quinquennial Plans, Personal Development Schemes, Bribes, marriage deals—the barbarians are vanquished. b. Consisting of or lasting for five years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years millenary1604 triennal1611 Olympiadical1638 decennal1648 decennial1656 tricennial1656 octodesexcentenary1677 sexmillennial1690 sexmillenary1728 quinquennial1746 milliary1753 decennalian1794 millennial1807 chiliadal1816 enneaeteric1846 chiliadic1854 decennary1855 sexcentenary1864 millennian1873 tricentenary1882 tricentennial1883 Olympiadic1890 postmillennial1977 1746 W. Cooke in tr. Sallust Wks. 208 Four Years intervened, and Pompey and Crassus became a second time Consuls; when the quinquennial Term of their several Governments was renewed. 1833 Times 15 May 1/5 Only two quinquennial periods would be found in which the fluctuations in the price of corn had been less..since the passing of this act. 1847 J. S. Mill Let. 19 Nov. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 725 The number of deaths..is less in each quinquennial period. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 393 The business profits made..during the quinquennial period. 1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 280/1 Willingdon's quinquennial term was extended for eight months to December 1918. 2000 Jrnl. Peace Res. 37 566/1 Each of the 163 minority groups documented..was scored for the most widespread and intense event reported during each quinquennial period. †2. That is five years old. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quinquennial,..that is..five years old. 3. Occurring every fifth year. ΚΠ 1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 112 His visitations are..limited to quinquennial. 1749 G. West tr. Pindar Odes Nemean xi. 110 The great Quinquennial Festival of Jove. 1796 M. G. Lewis Monk (ed. 2) II. iv. 96 He was not a little pleased to find that his mansion would be no longer troubled with the phantom's quinquennial visits. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. x. §3 The population..in every quinquennial census. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xxxiv He orders his subjects to hold quinquennial assemblies. 1903 Westm. 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. 1955 Times 3 May 15/2 A quinquennial valuation of the ‘Royal’ life and annuity business was made at December 31. 2000 Thames Water Ann. Rep. & Accts. 20/2 The latest quinquennial review of prices was undertaken by the UK regulator (Ofwat). B. n. 1. A fifth anniversary. rare.In quot. 1788 probably a misprint for quinquennal. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1788 N. Lardner Wks. I. ii. iii. 368 He observes also marks of honour shewn to the Quinquennals of this epoch..with which the Quinquennials and Decennals, that is, the fifth and tenth years of remarkable events, were wont to be celebrated.] 1857 Southern Literary Messenger 24 312/1 Whether the matter escaped the recollection of the ‘Pilgrims’, or whether they considered the quinquennials impracticable, the anniversary broke upon the crumbling tower unsalvoed by the morning gun, and passed by in silence. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/2 The hospital only begs widely every five years, and this year is our quinquennial. 1934 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 12 Feb. 4/2 She does not wait for quinquennials or decennials. She celebrates every anniversary with all the zest of a child. 2. A period of five years. rare. 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 1877 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 40 69 The next table displays the growth..for the quinquennials 1866-70, 1871-75. 1991 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 29 698/1 The historical development of Swaziland's educational policies in quinquennials. 3. An official appointed for a term of five years. historical and rare. ΚΠ 1877 Globe Encycl. II. 200/2 They had duumvirs, quinquennials, and decurions, in imitation of the consuls, censors, and praetors of Rome. 1931 tr. Constantine in P. R. Coles Hist. Educ. Thought ii. vii. 87 If any one harasses them, he shall pay one hundred thousand nummi to the treasury, exacted by the magistrates or the quinquennials, or else they themselves shall be subject to this penalty. 2004 A. E. Cooley & M. G. L. Cooley Pompeii iv. Pl. 4.1 A political poster, calling for the election of a Satrius as quinquennial. Derivatives † quinquennialist n. Obsolete rare a person who advocates a (legislative) period of five years. ΚΠ 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Feb. 16/3 On behalf of the quinquennialists, it was argued that the change was one of mere expediency. quinˈquennially adv. every five years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > every specific number of years triennially1689 quinquennially1727 septennially1729 biennially1775 quadrennially1785 sexennially1824 millennially1851 octennially1854 decennially1874 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Quinquennially, every five years. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 478 In one region annually, and in another quinquennially. 1996 Guardian 12 Mar. i. 17/8 I am old enough to remember the time when UGC grants were set not annually, year by year, but quinquennially, for five years at a time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1475
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