Novennium
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A nine-year period. rare
"What he says of the novennium is an attempt at duplicity; he would have escaped with that if he could; he did not love to lie: What he says is that Ernulfus was a bishop a little over nine years […]"
Example
More examples"What he says of the novennium is an attempt at duplicity; he would have escaped with that if he could; he did not love to lie: What he says is that Ernulfus was a bishop a little over nine years […]"
Etymology
From Late Latin novennium, from novennis (“9-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
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