Septennium

//sɛpˈtɛniəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period of seven years.

    "It might be sufficient to answer, that, of the septennium required for the arts degree in the old system the greater portion is now spent at school."

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"It might be sufficient to answer, that, of the septennium required for the arts degree in the old system the greater portion is now spent at school."

Etymology

From Late Latin septennium, from septennis (“7-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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