Synonyms for lustrums
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : luhs-truh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌs trəm |
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Définition of lustrums
Origin :- (plural lustra), "purification of the Roman people every five years," 1580s, from Latin lustrum, perhaps from root of luere "to wash," related to lavere (see lave). Or [Watkins, Klein] from PIE *leuk-stro-, from base *leuk- "light, brightness."
- As in five : noun five of something
- He had been gone three days, and, in their lapse, Theo felt as if three lustrums had passed.
- Extract from : « Theo » by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Dost thou not envy that smirk young knave with his five lustrums, though it goes hard with him to purchase his kid-gloves?
- Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
- They counted their ages and eras, which they inscribed in their books every twenty years, in lustrums of four years.
- Extract from : « Vestiges of the Mayas » by Augustus Le Plongeon
- We who have lived fifteen lustrums have already witnessed the dissolution of our world.
- Extract from : « Confessions of Boyhood » by John Albee
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