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quinquennial
/kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/
noun 3adj 1
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3VERB + QUINQUENNIAL
come, time
QUINQUENNIAL + NOUN
apollo, business, censuses, festival
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from
Definitions
adj
1
Of or related to a five-year period.
By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]
The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.
noun
1
Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period.
2
A 5th anniversary, particularly
3
A 5th anniversary, particularly
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By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…]
Wiktionary02
The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.
Wiktionary03
The Athenians, after the purification, celebrated, for the first time, the quinquennial festival of the Delian games.
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