Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustrums
Literary usage of Lustrums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pictures of Travel by Charles Harvey Genung, Heinrich Heine (1898)
"The poor youth, or rather the poor old youth — for he had several lustrums behind
him — once squatted, unless I err, at the University of Erlangen, ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1896)
"In one circle the symbols are arranged so as to represent the sub-divisions,
which are called lustrums, the month being divided into four ..."
3. All about Hawaii (1918)
"His descendants, Potiki And Ngara, reigned three lustrums apiece; Then Rongo
willed That those who had been chiefs should be slaves. ..."
4. A History of Lowell by Charles Cowley (1868)
"Not a year has passed during the last six lustrums, that has not witnessed the
slaughter of ... At the time he wrote and for several lustrums afterward, ..."
5. Historical Sketches of Savage Life in Polynesia: With Illustrative Clan Songs by William Wyatt Gill (1880)
"Enduring five sacred lustrums. Like a tall palm was the priestly sway. Tfo Ngara
nga tiiu ra e toru e! ..."
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