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Definition of Octennial
1. a. Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years.
Definition of Octennial
1. Adjective. Occurring every eight years. ¹
2. Adjective. Lasting or taking eight years. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Octennial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octennial
Literary usage of Octennial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"His policy, and the means he took to realise it, recalled the days of Boulter
and Stone; but the octennial Act had rendered his task of securing a majority ..."
2. Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (now by Junius, John Mason Good (1812)
"and the just discontents of that king- * A law had lately passed in the Irish
legislature, rendering. the Irish parliaments octennial:—prior to this period, ..."
3. The Manuscripts and Correspondence of James, First Earl of Charlemont by James Caulfeild Charlemont, Edward Perceval Wright, Royal Irish Academy (1891)
"[Unexpected passing of octennial bill, 1768.] " On the day when this unexpected
account arrived from England I happened to dine with Mr. Ponsonby, ..."
4. An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that by Francis Plowden (1805)
"Now however a septennial bill was transmitted, and was returned with an alteration
in point of time, having been changed into an octennial one. ..."
5. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope [Stanhope (1853)
"... the Irish " Wilkes," as he was sometimes called, — brought in a Septennial
or, as it afterwards became before the Privy Council, an octennial Bill. ..."
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