novennium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin novennium (9-year [period]).

Noun

novennium (plural not attested)

  1. (rare) A nine-year period or cycle.
    • 1871, Henry Scale English, Crowland and Burgh (volume 3, page 148)
      What he says of the novennium is an attempt at duplicity; he would have escaped with that if he could; he did not love to lie: What he says is that Ernulfus was a bishop a little over nine years []
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