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noun
A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, literary
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noun
a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ceremony
noun
a period of five years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
From Latin lūstrum.
Across languages
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