Tricennium
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A period of thirty years. rare
"As early as the second decade after his entry into Italy Theodoric made all illegal or irregular acquisitions that had taken place prior to this fixed date [28 August 489] subject to the thirty-year statue of limitation (tricennium)."
Example
More examples"As early as the second decade after his entry into Italy Theodoric made all illegal or irregular acquisitions that had taken place prior to this fixed date [28 August 489] subject to the thirty-year statue of limitation (tricennium)."
Etymology
From Latin trīcennium, from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium, from trīciēs (“30 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to tricennial + -ium.
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