triennial
Collocations
2VERB + TRIENNIAL
summoned
TRIENNIAL + NOUN
elections, festival, parliaments
Definitions
adj
Happening every three years.
triennial elections
They were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary
Lasting for three years.
triennial parliaments; a triennial reign
September 13 1621, James Howell. letter to Sir William Saint John Triennial Subsidies
noun
A third anniversary.
A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- tercentennial
- tercentenary
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3triennial elections
WiktionaryThey were constantly summoned to a triennial festival : and the most approved songs delivered at this assembly were ordered to be preserved in the custody of the king's historian or antiquary
Wiktionarytriennial parliaments; a triennial reign
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