septennate noun. [sɛp'tɛnǝt] L19.
[French septennat, formed as SEPTENNARY: see -ATE¹.]
1. A period of seven years during which an official position is held. L19.

2. Hist. Any of several successive periods of seven years, beginning in 1874, during which the strength of the German army was to remain fixed. L19.

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