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Lustrum

//ˈlʌstɹəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. historical

    "[A]ll theſe Magiſtrates were elected by, and from, the whole promiſcuous Body of the People in their public Aſſemblies; that after the Inſtitution of Cenſors, it was look'd upon as a Matter of Form only, that they should enroll the new Senators at the next general Luſtrum, or Survey of the Commonwealth; […]"

  2. 2
    a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period. broadly, literary

    "We puſh Time from us, and we wiſh Him back; / Laviſh of Luſtrums, and yet fond of Life; / Life we think long, and ſhort; Death ſeek, and ſhun; […]"

  4. 4
    a period lasting five years wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lūstrum.

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