tredecennial

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noun

A period of thirteen years.

OriginLatin trēdecennium →
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Meanings

nountredecennial sg
  1. nonce wordraresingularA period of thirteen years.

    The tredecennial covered by the period of the survey was in a sense a most remarkable one; for it includes, with almost exact divisions, three significant sub periods: the prewar, the war and the post-war.

    1952, Proceedings of the IInd International Congress on Criminology III: “Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis”, page 65

Origin

  1. Latintrēdecim
  2. Latintrēdecennium
  3. Englishtredecennial

Latin trēdecennium + English -al or Latin trēdecim + English -ennial

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APA

tredecennial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tredecennial

MLA

“tredecennial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tredecennial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tredecennial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tredecennial.

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