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tricennial

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From Latin trīcennium (“30-year period”) + -al, from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium, from trīciēs (“30 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is. Compare Latin tricennalis. Equivalent to tri- + decennial. Doublet of tricennal.

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not comparable Of, related to, lasting, or occurring once every thirty years.
historical, not comparable Of or related to a tricennalia, the celebrations marking the 30th year of a Roman emperor's rule. Some manuscripts of Eusebius' Life of Constantine contain not only the four books of the Life and Constantine's Speech to the Assembly of the Saints but also two speeches which are conventionally known by a single title as Laus Constantini, Laudes Constantini, De laudibus Constantini, or the "Tricen

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@misc{tricennial_2026,
  title = {tricennial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tricennial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}