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Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.

Once in four years.

A space or period of four years.

estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. ) -- Quantity of matter, in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity. -- Quantity of motion (Mech.), in a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measu…

A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter. (h) pl. (Mil.)

A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.

g, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.

Public games celebrated every five years.

Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.

Space of five years.

had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. Berners.

One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.

attels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel. -- Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. -- Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. -- Real composition…

also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.

knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker.

se. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

hell." Chaucer. -- Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools. Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest…

To germinate again. Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee.

Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.