lustrum
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lustrum
- /ˈlʌstɹəm/ US, UK
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From Latin lūstrum.
noun lustra · lustrums
- A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. [A]ll theſe Magiſtrates were elected by, and from, the whole promiſcuous Body of the People in their public Aſſemblies; that after the Inſtitution of Cenſors, it was look'd upon as a Matter of Form only, that they should enroll the new Senators at the next general Luſtrum, or Survey of the Commonwea
- Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period. We puſh Time from us, and we wiſh Him back; / Laviſh of Luſtrums, and yet fond of Life; / Life we think long, and ſhort; Death ſeek, and ſhun; […]
