Word of the Day:
lustrum
What It Means
A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.
Lustrum in Context
“The interval of time supposed to have been denoted by the Roman Lustrum has been made the subject of controversy. No one however as far as we know has ever assumed it at less than four years or as more than five; so that the status quæstionis may so far be considered as fixed and agreed upon: and...”
Did You Know?
From Latin lūstrum.
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