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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

quadriennium

a space of four years;

quattuor

four +

annus

year; cf. L.

quadriennis

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, and

Comprising four years;

as, a

quadrennial

period

Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years;

as,

quadrennial

games

Adj.

[L. quadriennium; quadra or quadrans, from quatuor, four, and annus, year.]

Comprising four years; as a quadrennial period.

Occurring once in four years as quadrennial games.