He obtained in 1864 the quinquennial prize of 50,000 franc reserved by the. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
The quinquennial census is a vast undertaking, covering more than 26 million people. From Wordnik.com. [Viewing Ourselves in a World Perspective? The Key to Succeeding in the 1990s] Reference
We must work toward the quinquennial; work to resolve many of these improvement problems by 1989. From Wordnik.com. [EDUCATION SEMINAR 5 FEB] Reference
Taking five quinquennial periods, the following figures show the average annual exports of coffee: -- arrobas. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Meanwhile, escaping from the lynch mob, SecGen Annan presided over the quinquennial meeting of members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. From Wordnik.com. ["Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"] Reference
And they may have to fight also, it appears, against the abrogation of our existing constitution in favour of a system of quinquennial dictatorships. From Wordnik.com. [Constructive Imperialism] Reference
In 1905, quinquennial censuses of the prairie provinces became obligatory but it was not until 1956 that the first national quinquennial census was conducted. From Wordnik.com. [Viewing Ourselves in a World Perspective? The Key to Succeeding in the 1990s] Reference
Benchmark I-O accounts are prepared at 5-year intervals and are based on detailed data from quinquennial economic censuses conducted by the Bureau of the Census. From Wordnik.com. [New: Business Research: Detailed Tool for Industry Analysis is Now Available « ResourceShelf] Reference
ABSTRACT VIEW of the Net Revenue of the Customs at St. Paul de Loanda in quinquennial periods from 1818-19 to 1843-44, both included; and thence in each year to 1848-49. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
All but four countries in the world are meeting in New York this month at the quinquennial Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to discuss the treaty's effectiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Solving Tokyo's Nuclear Conundrum] Reference
It is hoped that the American Catalogue, an indispensable work in all libraries, will adopt in its annual and quinquennial issues the time-saving method of a single alphabet. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
How the census went from a quinquennial chore to a national crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Macleans.ca] Reference
Similarly the Archbishop of Trier asked for quinquennial faculties as. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
The Federal Parliament is quinquennial, the local legislatures quadrennial. From Wordnik.com. [The Stamps of Canada] Reference
Whilst the other magistracies were annual, the censorship was a quinquennial one. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Vol. I] Reference
He/She is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
Harsha then proceeded to Allahabad to superintend a quinquennial distribution of alms. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2] Reference
Nicopolis the emperor instituted the famous quinquennial Actian games in honor of Apollo. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
The Term Limits Circus is back in town, its shows timed to coincide with the quinquennial. From Wordnik.com. Reference
However, by our next quinquennial meeting Nettie Minorca had thought out the following rejoinder. From Wordnik.com. [Marge Askinforit] Reference
This was the sixth quinquennial distribution which Harsha had held and the last, for he died in 648. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2] Reference
That day was the fifth anniversary - the quinquennial birthday - of "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.". From Wordnik.com. [In The Queens' Parlour]
I take the opportunity to notify him that the Exeter High School holds its quinquennial reunion June, 1903. 82. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Diary of a Real Boy] Reference
We shall go back twenty years and take the quinquennial totals as they are recorded in the judicial statistics. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Its Causes] Reference
But is a quinquennial ballot really much compensation for the loss of the independence and trust they once enjoyed?. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Kitchen] Reference
The Athenians, after the purification, celebrated, for the first time, the quinquennial festival of the Delian games. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
Here was a meeting of the International Council of Women, their second quinquennial, celebrated by this vast congress. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman's Congress of 1899] Reference
Round the inner frieze was presented the procession of the Parthenon on the grand quinquennial festival of the Panathenæa. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles] Reference
Domitian established a quinquennial competition in honour of Jupiter Capitolinus in 86 and an annual competition held every. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
Additionally, we organize national events in Cambridge such as our fall and spring meetings and quinquennial Class Reunions. From Wordnik.com. [HLS News] Reference
More elaborate and magnificent still were the great triennial and quinquennial feasts given by the king to his ghostly ancestors. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Vietnam's Communist Party is scheduled to open a quinquennial meeting next week, a gathering that may help set direction for policy. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
In his quinquennial review of the progress of education in India, Mr. H.W. Orange quotes the following remarks by Mr. Sharp, Director of. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Unrest] Reference
The council-pensionary, in spite of his desire to relinquish office at the end of his quinquennial term, was reelected by the Estates of. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
The next clause (6) is comparatively immaterial; it merely provides that the duration of the Irish legislative body is to be quinquennial. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question] Reference
1905 I contributed a paper to the quinquennial meeting of the. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
It happened that the king of the country was then holding the pancha parishad, that is, in Chinese, the great quinquennial assembly. (. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
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