Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A period of four years.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A period of four years.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A space or period of four years.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
period of four years
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a period of four years
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The one outstanding fact of the quadrennium was the unusual discriminating good judgment displayed by Dr.A. J. Cobb, Editor of the Christian Index.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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The quadrennium was the best, in many respects, of all its predecessors.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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All of this hoopla from the quadrennium religious folks.
Priest apologizes for mocking Clinton while at Obama church 2008
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Having come into the White House under the cloud of an election variously described as “disputed” and “stolen,” Hayes had passed his quadrennium without ever acquiring a taste for the presidency.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Having come into the White House under the cloud of an election variously described as “disputed” and “stolen,” Hayes had passed his quadrennium without ever acquiring a taste for the presidency.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Super Bowl XXV, one day before my birthday (and the first year of the Bills 'quadrennium of futility), was quite possibly the only sporting event in my family's history that was successfully recorded, ignored, and played back in complete ignorance -- just as if it were live -- without some scrap of score, statistic, or play breaching security and ruining the faux-live broadcast we were trying to capture for future viewing.
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This quadrennium, I swear, I'm going to try to care about the FIFA World Cup, at least for as long as I can stand it, because I am told those who are not consumed by the world's biggest, most popular event are essentially mouth-breathing, Ann Coulter-reading morons who vote for Taylor Hicks and think Dan Brown is the literary descendant of William Styron and Elie Wiesel.
Crossing Mason-Dixon 2006
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In the full quadrennium through the 2004 Athens Games, the International Olympic Committee raked in $4 billion by selling broadcasting rights, corporate sponsorships, tickets and product licenses.
Olympics, Inc. 2008
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This quadrennium, I swear, I'm going to try to care about the FIFA World Cup, at least for as long as I can stand it, because I am told those who are not consumed by the world's biggest, most popular event are essentially mouth-breathing, Ann Coulter-reading morons who vote for Taylor Hicks and think Dan Brown is the literary descendant of William Styron and Elie Wiesel.
June 2006 2006
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What a difference a quadrennium makes, continued: Flowers will push for Prahm here.
USATODAY.com - 'Mean Jean' is back, but sliding under the radar in Torino 2006
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