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What (who) is lustrum - definition
UNIT OF TIME, USUALLY A FIVE YEAR PERIOD
Quinquennium; Lūstrum; Lūstra
Lustrum
·noun A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.
lustrum
n.
1.
Lustration, purification, ceremonial cleansing.
2.
Lustre, five years.
lustrum
['l?str?m]
¦ noun (plural lustra -tr? or lustrums) chiefly historical a period of five years.
Origin
C16: from L., orig. denoting a purificatory sacrifice after a five-yearly census.
Wikipedia
Lustrum
A lūstrum (IPA: [ˈluːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ], plural lūstra) was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome.
It is distinct from the homograph lustrum ( LUSS-trəm): a haunt of wild beasts (and figuratively, a den of vice), plural lustra ( LUUS-trah).
A lūstrum from now will be 00:21, 20 April 2028.
