quadrennium

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Etymology

From Late Latin quadrennium, from Latin quadriennium, from quadriennis (4-year) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

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quadrennium (plural quadrenniums or quadrennia)

  1. A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
    Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium

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