septennialadj.

Brit.

/sɛpˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S.

/sɛpˈtɛniəl/

Forms: 1600s septenniall, 1600s– septennial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septennium , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin septennium septennium n. + -al suffix¹.

1. Recurring every seven years.

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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

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 23 Being dispensed withall for his septenniall visit.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 10 Our supple Tribes..ask no Questions but the Price of Votes; With Weekly Libels and Septennial Ale, Their Wish is full to riot and to rail.

1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxiii. 10, 11 The septennial Sabbath thus bore a complete analogy to the hebdomadal.

1886 Field 30 Jan. 118/2 He was ready to accept a principle of septennial revaluations.

1937 Internat. Theosophical Year Bk. 164/2 The septennial recurrence of the World Congress..was resumed at Geneva in 1936.

2008 Archivium Hibernicum 61 15 They instituted a septennial visitation throughout the whole kingdom.

2. Lasting seven years; spec. (British History) with reference or allusion to the Septennial Act (cf. Septennial Act n. at Compounds).

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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

1648 Mercurius Aulicus 7 Aug. 4 The mysterious juglers of the knavish science in a paper designe, parrat forth some lumpish relicks of Royall honesty in this septennial dearth of Loyalty.

1719 R. Steele Plebeian No. 4 (ad fin.) Sitting out the remainder of the septennial term.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. viii Although the last session of a septennial parliament be usually employed in courting the favour of the people.

a1832 G. Crabbe Posthumous Tales i, in Poet. Wks. (1834) VIII. 243 When once enlisted upon either side, He must the rude septennial storm abide.

1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 384 The argument..may also be used in behalf of triennial or of septennial, or of decennial sessions.

1935 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 11 Jan. 9/5 An allowance should be made to him in fixing the rent for the usual septennial period.

2016 P. Ackroyd Revolution (2017) viii. 80 As a direct result of the Jacobite scare, parliament passed a Septennial Bill that extended its life from three years to seven years.

Compounds

Septennial Act n. now historical an Act of Parliament passed by the British government in 1716, which fixed the maximum length of a parliament at seven years.

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1717 D. Defoe Some National Grievances 14 The Septennial Act the Tories declaim against most bitterly, as contrary to all Justice.

1759 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. X. 42 That a bill should be brought in for repealing the septennial act.

2003 D. Stasavage Public Debt & Birth Democratic State 113 Only three out of 145 Tories voted for the Septennial Act in 1716.

Derivatives

sepˈtennialist n. a person who is in favour of septennial parliaments.Esp. with reference to 19th-cent. debates about the length of parliaments.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > condition of being septennial > one who favours

septennialist1817

1817 Detector No. 3. 11 Let me hope, Mr. Cobbett, that the annualists will consider the septennialists somewhat liberal, if they recede thus much from their opinion, to satisfy the clamorists for abridgment.

1820 Examiner No. 612. 13/1 To Annual Parliaments the objections of the Septennialists are singularly weak.

1892 Rev. of Reviews 5 3/2 Balfour is too ardent a Septennialist to sanction a premature dissolution.

septenniˈality n. the condition of being septennial.

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septenniality1817

1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 282 The reduction, of the at present established long term indicated by the word septenniality, to the dimensions of this short term.

1874 Public Opinion 17 Jan. 68/2 M. de Broglie, the organ and guide of the septennial policy, had to abstain prudently from giving any explanations as to the septenniality of the powers of Marshal MacMahon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	septennial
释义	septennialadj. Brit. /sɛpˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛniəl/ Forms: 1600s septenniall, 1600s– septennial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septennium , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin septennium septennium n. + -al suffix¹. 1. Recurring every seven years. 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 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 23 Being dispensed withall for his septenniall visit. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 10 Our supple Tribes..ask no Questions but the Price of Votes; With Weekly Libels and Septennial Ale, Their Wish is full to riot and to rail. 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxiii. 10, 11 The septennial Sabbath thus bore a complete analogy to the hebdomadal. 1886 Field 30 Jan. 118/2 He was ready to accept a principle of septennial revaluations. 1937 Internat. Theosophical Year Bk. 164/2 The septennial recurrence of the World Congress..was resumed at Geneva in 1936. 2008 Archivium Hibernicum 61 15 They instituted a septennial visitation throughout the whole kingdom. 2. Lasting seven years; spec. (British History) with reference or allusion to the Septennial Act (cf. Septennial Act n. at Compounds). 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 1648 Mercurius Aulicus 7 Aug. 4 The mysterious juglers of the knavish science in a paper designe, parrat forth some lumpish relicks of Royall honesty in this septennial dearth of Loyalty. 1719 R. Steele Plebeian No. 4 (ad fin.) Sitting out the remainder of the septennial term. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. viii Although the last session of a septennial parliament be usually employed in courting the favour of the people. a1832 G. Crabbe Posthumous Tales i, in Poet. Wks. (1834) VIII. 243 When once enlisted upon either side, He must the rude septennial storm abide. 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 384 The argument..may also be used in behalf of triennial or of septennial, or of decennial sessions. 1935 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 11 Jan. 9/5 An allowance should be made to him in fixing the rent for the usual septennial period. 2016 P. Ackroyd Revolution (2017) viii. 80 As a direct result of the Jacobite scare, parliament passed a Septennial Bill that extended its life from three years to seven years. Compounds Septennial Act n. now historical an Act of Parliament passed by the British government in 1716, which fixed the maximum length of a parliament at seven years. ΚΠ 1717 D. Defoe Some National Grievances 14 The Septennial Act the Tories declaim against most bitterly, as contrary to all Justice. 1759 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. X. 42 That a bill should be brought in for repealing the septennial act. 2003 D. Stasavage Public Debt & Birth Democratic State 113 Only three out of 145 Tories voted for the Septennial Act in 1716. Derivatives sepˈtennialist n. a person who is in favour of septennial parliaments.Esp. with reference to 19th-cent. debates about the length of parliaments. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > condition of being septennial > one who favours septennialist1817 1817 Detector No. 3. 11 Let me hope, Mr. Cobbett, that the annualists will consider the septennialists somewhat liberal, if they recede thus much from their opinion, to satisfy the clamorists for abridgment. 1820 Examiner No. 612. 13/1 To Annual Parliaments the objections of the Septennialists are singularly weak. 1892 Rev. of Reviews 5 3/2 Balfour is too ardent a Septennialist to sanction a premature dissolution. septenniˈality n. the condition of being septennial. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > condition of being septennial septenniality1817 1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 282 The reduction, of the at present established long term indicated by the word septenniality, to the dimensions of this short term. 1874 Public Opinion 17 Jan. 68/2 M. de Broglie, the organ and guide of the septennial policy, had to abstain prudently from giving any explanations as to the septenniality of the powers of Marshal MacMahon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1640
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