English Explanatory Dictionary

vicennium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of twenty years.

Word forms

vicennium vicennia vicenniums

Etymology

From Latin vicennium, from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vicennial + -ium.

Related words

vicennalia k'atun annum (1 year) biennium triennium quadrennium quinquennium sexennium septennium octennium novennium decennium tricennium centennium (100) quincentennium (500) millennium (1000) decamillennium (10,000) centimillennium (100,000) millionennium (1,000,000)

Derived words

vicennial
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