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septennial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Septennial \Sep*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. septennium a period of seven years; septem seven + annus year. See Seven, and Annual.]
Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.
Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments. 2 Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
Usage examples of "septennial".
Did any one at that period hold that the septennial bill was a revolutionary measure?
The terms of his motion were confined to a repeal of the septennial act, without specifying any particular period to be substituted for the present one.
The arguments for and against septennial parliaments have already been stated.
On this state of feeling the government introduced septennial parliaments.
As the Septennial Act had increased the power of the commons, the Peerage Bill would, in their turn, have increased the power of the peers, against the crown on one hand, against the commons on the other.
He concluded by stating that the act for septennial parliaments must be repealed, and by proclaiming himself a convert to triennial parliaments.
In the month of September, although parliament had more than a year to complete its septennial term, it was dissolved by proclamation, and writs issued for a new one.
The petitions which had been presented prayed for the abolition of the Septennial Act.
Even in England, he said, where the frequent return of elections was attended with great inconvenience, the propriety of the septennial bill might justly be doubted.
These arguments served only to form a decent debate, after which the bill for septennial parliaments passed by a great majority, though twenty peers entered a protest.
Whigs attacked the influence of popular election, and the moment that, by the aid of the most infamous corruption, they had obtained a temporary majority in the Lower House, they passed the Septennial Act.
Thus they had carried the Septennial Act on the plea of preserving England from popery, though their real object was to prolong the existence of the first House of Commons in which they could command a majority.
Under the Septennial Act the time was extended four years, making seven in all, but the sovereign may, of course, dissolve Parliament at any time.
In 1716 the Septennial Act increased the limit of three years to seven.