Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use septennial in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word septennial? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
He said people generally say that Karvy is a septennial plant that is it flowers every seven years.
The breaks would be largely funded by workers saving part of their salary so they can enjoy the septennial sabbatical.
The Bill was, it is true, changed from a septennial to an octennial one.
The Athenians having barbarously murdered Angrogeus, the son of Minos, king of Crete, were obliged by his father to send a novennial, septennial or annual tribute of seven young men.
The septennial cycle of scriptural readings on the Sabbaths was determined by two triads of tithe years culminating in a Sabbatical year.
Only twice was the septennial cyclus broken: during the French Revolution and in 1940 when the Second World War broke out.
Inscribes the septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In 1716, the Septennial Act was passed, which had a number of consequences.
Additionally, the 1911 Act amended the Septennial Act 1716 to reduce the maximum life of a Parliament from seven years to five years.
The ostensible aim of the Septennial Act was, by reducing the frequency of elections, to reduce the cost during a given period of holding them.
This section amended the Septennial Act 1715, reducing the maximum duration of any Parliament from seven years to five.
The Septennial Act was amended on 18 August 1911 by section 7 of the Parliament Act 1911 to reduce the maximum term of parliament to five years.
As the frequent elections were deemed inconvenient, the Septennial Act 1715 extended the maximum to seven years, but the Parliament Act 1911 reduced it to five.
Examples from Classical Literature
I except orators, of course, because they are things of ages, and not of septennial or triennial re-unions.
The former was in favor of septennial, the latter of triennial parliaments.
As such, the elder Grattan, who was a courtier, opposed the septennial Bill.
The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration.
In March, 1722, the first septennial Parliament came to an end, and again the Whigs were returned by an overwhelming majority.
The septennial Act outlived this and many another effort to obtain its repeal, and remains in force to this day.
In 1716 this was repealed, and the present act passed, making them septennial.
The Parliament of England, with respect to America, was not septennial but perpetual.
The septennial Act lengthened that existence by a further period of four years.
In Virginia, nevertheless, if I have not been misinformed, elections under the former government were septennial.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
10-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024