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单词 septennual
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septennualn.

Forms: 1600s septennuall.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Hebrew lexical item. Etymons: Latin septennis , -ual suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin septennis (see septennary adj.) + -ual suffix, after annual n., rendering Hebrew šĕḇīʿiṯ seventh year (Exodus 23:10, etc.).
Obsolete. rare.
A sabbatical year (sabbatical year n. at sabbatical adj. 2a); a religious observance recurring every seven years.
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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > something occurring every specific number of years
septennual1641
quadrennial1856
biennale1968
biennial1981
1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 58 The Law was read on the weekly Sabbath, as well as on the annuall of Tabernacles in the septennuall of Release.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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