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What (who) is quinquennium - definition
UNIT OF TIME, USUALLY A FIVE YEAR PERIOD
Quinquennium; Lūstrum; Lūstra
Quinquennium
·noun Space of five years.
quinquennium
[kw??'kw?n??m]
¦ noun (plural quinquennia -n?? or quinquenniums) a period of five years.
Origin
C17: from L., from quinque 'five' + annus 'year'.
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.
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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.
