A group, set, or series of eleven things; spec. (esp. in Old English) a period of eleven years. Formerly also occasionally: †the number eleven (obs…
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| 释义 | the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years (84) hendecadOE A group, set, or series of eleven things; spec. (esp. in Old English) a period of eleven years. Formerly also occasionally: †the number eleven (obs… a week of yearsa1382 a week of years: a period of seven years. weekc1384 A period of seven years. Now rare. Olympiada1387 Greek History. A period of time (usually four or five years) reckoned from one celebration of the ancient Olympic Games to the next. Later, more… lustre1387 A period of five years. yearc1425 Originally in singular, later only in plural or the genitive. Followed by the word day (day, n. 18), in pleonastic expressions with the sense ‘a… millenary1551 A total sum of one thousand; esp. a continuous period of one thousand years; ten centuries. prenticeship1553 The period of time for which an apprentice is trained; = apprenticeship, n. 3 4. Obsolete. septenary1576 A period of seven years. Also occasionally: a period of seven weeks, days, etc. lustrum1590 A period of five years. quinquennal1590 = quinquennium, n. seventy1590 As a count noun. A group of seventy people or things; a period of seventy years. Obsolete. septimane1603 A period of seven years. quinquennie1606 = quinquennium, n. threescore (years) and tena1616 absol. with ellipsis of years, in reference to age; hence as n. the age of sixty years, or transferred a person of this age. So threescore (years) an… duodecad1621 A group of twelve; a period of twelve years; = dodecade, n. quinquennium1621 A period or term of five years. jubilee1643 A period of fifty years, half a century. Obsolete. quadrenniala1646 A period of four years; spec. the period between events which occur every four years. Cf. quadrennium, n. Now chiefly North American (rare before… chiliad1653 A period of 1000 years. septennary1659 A period of seven years. Cf. septenary, n. 2. septennium1660 A period of seven years. triennial1661 A period of three years; a triennium. millennium1664 gen. A period of one thousand years; each of the thousand-year periods reckoned successively from a conventional starting point, esp. from the… tetraëterid1678 a space of four years, a quadrennium. octennial1679 A period of eight years. Obsolete. rare. duodenary1681 A period of twelve years. Obsolete. quadrennium1779 A period of four years. Cf. quadrennial, n. 1. septenniad1836 A period of seven years, esp. in a human life. quinquenniad1842 = quinquennium, n. milliad1843 A period of one thousand years. Cf. chiliad, n. 2. tricentenary1846 = tercentenary, adj. n. triennium1847 A space or period of three years. vicennium1847 A period of twenty years. bimillenary1850 Properly (like millenary) an adjective, meaning: Of or pertaining to two thousand, two thousand strong; but taken to express: A space of two… lustration1853 = lustre, n.2 rare. sexennium1858 A period of six years. Cf. sexennate, n. septennate1874 A seven-year term of office. quinquennial1877 A period of five years. rare. pentad1880 A period of five years. Cf. decade, n. 2. sexennate1898 A period of six years. Chiefly (with capital initial) with reference to a German parliamentary act of 10 April 1898 permitting the creation of a… aeon1960 Geology and Astronomy. As a unit of measurement of time: one thousand million years. Subcategories:— a century (14) — decade (14) — in different cultures or calendars (9) — condition occurring after specific number of years (1) — something occurring every specific number of years (4) |
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