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Definition of Triennial

1. Adjective. Occurring every third year or lasting 3 years.

Definition of Triennial

1. a. Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.

2. n. Something which takes place or appears once in three years.

Definition of Triennial

1. Adjective. Happening every three years. ¹

2. Adjective. Lasting for three years. ¹

3. Noun. A third anniversary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triennial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triennial

Literary usage of Triennial

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

1. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"triennial Act, 1641. triennial Act, 1694. Septennial Act, 1716. with greater boldness and common sense. The Convention Parliament which ..."

2. Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by Boston Athenaeum, Charles Ammi Cutter (1882)
"triennial meeting; with the blog. record and stalls tics. New Haven, 1869. 8°. 1867. ... Report of the triennial meeting, and biog. record of th e class; ..."

3. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1879)
"The triennial Bill was more fortunate. It was brought in on the lirst day of the session, and went easily and rapidly The triennial through both Houses. ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1879)
"The triennial Bill was more fortunate. It was brought in on the tirst day of the session, and went easily and rapidly The triennial through both Houses. ..."

5. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1894)
"On the i5th the Subsidy Bill The Subsidy and the triennial Bill were ready ... Members of Parliament had been heard to say that if the triennial Bill were ..."

6. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman (1905)
"Held that the triennial prescription applied to the account prior to 1895. ... The plea of triennial prescription does not apply to an account current ..."

7. A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1902)
"The Second triennial Act 1694. Another grievance was actually removed in 1694. ... I5y the triennial Act of 1694 it w-as enacted that no Parliament should ..."

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