Definition of Quadrennials

1. quadrennial [n] - See also: quadrennial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrennials

quadrature of the circle
quadratures
quadratus
quadratus femoris muscle
quadratus lumborum
quadratus muscle
quadratus plantae
quadraunt
quadrel
quadrella
quadrellas
quadrels
quadrennia
quadrennial
quadrennially
quadrennials (current term)
quadrennium
quadrenniums
quadri-
quadriad
quadriads
quadribasic
quadrible
quadric
quadric surface
quadricapsular
quadricellular
quadricentennial
quadricep
quadriceps

Literary usage of Quadrennials

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... Convention had at several quadrennials appointed its standing committees (for correspondence and negotiation) on Christian Union, from which some, ..."

2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"that are classed as biennials develop such shoots and become triennials or even quadrennials (as in Artemisia canadensis, Arabis lyrata, and some mutants of ..."

3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"that are classed as biennials develop such shoots and become triennials or even quadrennials (as in Artemisia canadensis, ..."

4. Democracy and the Overman by Charles Zueblin (1910)
"There will be many quadrennials before the people, through their just and lawful asking, receive a full loaf, but a half-loaf is better than stones, ..."

5. The Journal of Education for Upper Canada by Adolphus Egerton Ryerson, John George Hodgins, Adam Crooks, Ontario Dept. of Education (1860)
"... which in several respects will be found to correspond with analogous quadrennials of excess or deficiency in the Easterly The author of this system and ..."

6. Annual Report of the American Historical Association by American Historical Association, Smithsonian Institution Press (1902)
"... if laid properly to heart, ought to bear fruit in future quadrennials. It is not now easy for those who took part—perhaps an eager and interested ..."

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