sexennialadj.

Brit.

/sɛkˈsɛnɪəl/, U.S.

/sɛkˈsɛniəl/

Forms: 1600s sexenniall, 1600s– sexennial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexennialis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sexennialis of six years, lasting for six years (a1562) < classical Latin sexennium sexennium n. + -ālis -al suffix¹; compare -ennial comb. form. Compare slightly earlier biennial adj., triennial adj.

Of, relating to, or lasting for a period of six years; occurring every six 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

1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 81 That as in England there past an Act for a Trienniall Parliament, there may passe in Ireland another for a Sexenniall Parliament.

1676 in Fasti Aberd. (1854) 347 The sexennial residence of the regents and masters of philosophie in the colledges.

1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Sexennial, of six years continuance.

1746 H. Winder Crit. & Chronol. Hist. Rise Knowl. II. xx. 310 The Medes sexennial War with the Lydians ended three Years after the Destruction of Jerusalem.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 300 Your new contrivance of sexennial elective judicatories.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 230 The recent sexennial period (1812–1817).

1837 Q. Rev. 58 391 He gave a reluctant assent to the..sexennial meeting of the congregation.

1890 Daily News 21 Feb. 4/6 The sexennial bonds will be consolidated in Perpetual Three per Cent. Rentes.

1907 J. D. Rogers Hist. Geogr. Brit. Colonies VI. i. xiii. 208 The Federal Senate is elected by the state voting as one constituency, is small, sexennial, and has six members from each state.

1970 Times 24 Apr. 11/4 The elections of 1774, 1780, and 1784..caught the opposition at disadvantage, while those of 1790, 1796, and 1802 observed an unspoken sexennial convention and involved only minor surprise.

2007 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 July 11 The Passionsspielhaus was built in the 1950s for Erl's traditional sexennial Passion Play.

Derivatives

seˈxennially adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

triennially1689

quinquennially1727

septennially1729

biennially1775

quadrennially1785

sexennially1824

millennially1851

octennially1854

decennially1874

1824 I. Candler Summary View Amer. xxii. 388 The representatives are elected biennially, the senators sexennially.

1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 529 The extremely large and impressive Breton pardon (pilgrimage procession) held sexennially at Locronan (Finistére).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sexennial
释义	sexennialadj. Brit. /sɛkˈsɛnɪəl/, U.S. /sɛkˈsɛniəl/ Forms: 1600s sexenniall, 1600s– sexennial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexennialis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sexennialis of six years, lasting for six years (a1562) < classical Latin sexennium sexennium n. + -ālis -al suffix¹; compare -ennial comb. form. Compare slightly earlier biennial adj., triennial adj. Of, relating to, or lasting for a period of six years; occurring every six 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 1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 81 That as in England there past an Act for a Trienniall Parliament, there may passe in Ireland another for a Sexenniall Parliament. 1676 in Fasti Aberd. (1854) 347 The sexennial residence of the regents and masters of philosophie in the colledges. 1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Sexennial, of six years continuance. 1746 H. Winder Crit. & Chronol. Hist. Rise Knowl. II. xx. 310 The Medes sexennial War with the Lydians ended three Years after the Destruction of Jerusalem. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 300 Your new contrivance of sexennial elective judicatories. View more context for this quotation 1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 230 The recent sexennial period (1812–1817). 1837 Q. Rev. 58 391 He gave a reluctant assent to the..sexennial meeting of the congregation. 1890 Daily News 21 Feb. 4/6 The sexennial bonds will be consolidated in Perpetual Three per Cent. Rentes. 1907 J. D. Rogers Hist. Geogr. Brit. Colonies VI. i. xiii. 208 The Federal Senate is elected by the state voting as one constituency, is small, sexennial, and has six members from each state. 1970 Times 24 Apr. 11/4 The elections of 1774, 1780, and 1784..caught the opposition at disadvantage, while those of 1790, 1796, and 1802 observed an unspoken sexennial convention and involved only minor surprise. 2007 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 July 11 The Passionsspielhaus was built in the 1950s for Erl's traditional sexennial Passion Play. Derivatives seˈxennially adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > every specific number of years triennially1689 quinquennially1727 septennially1729 biennially1775 quadrennially1785 sexennially1824 millennially1851 octennially1854 decennially1874 1824 I. Candler Summary View Amer. xxii. 388 The representatives are elected biennially, the senators sexennially. 1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 529 The extremely large and impressive Breton pardon (pilgrimage procession) held sexennially at Locronan (Finistére). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646
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