Usage examples (34)

• Also the system of Government and opposition and septennial elections almost ensured instability unless the Government had a huge majority.
• The witnesses (in capital cases) were questioned on seven points, as follows: -- In what Shemitah (or septennial cycle) did it occur?
• He concluded by stating that the act for septennial parliaments must be repealed, and by proclaiming himself a convert to triennial parliaments.
• 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.