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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A period of seven years.
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In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fiera fecimus patentes per septennium durantes: Dum tamen ijdem Burgenses interim bene & fideliter se habuerint erga pr鎓atum electum fratrem nostrum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Si quis, pro mortuis sollicitus, apud Deum gratiam eis implorat aut precatur, non damno; sed tempus de hoc definire (septennium pro peccato mortali), et propter quaestum mentiri, non humanum est, sed diabolicum.
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Confirmatum est enim ab idoneis hominibus, cum casu quopiam in alia nescio qua statione id accidisset, septennium totum pisces non comparuisse, exacerbata maris vnda ex terebinthina, quae conflagrantibus arboribus per riuulos defluebat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fiera fecimus patentes per septennium durantes: Dum tamen ijdem Burgenses interim bene & fideliter se habuerint erga præfatum electum fratrem nostrum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Confirmatum est enim ab idoneis hominibus, cum casu quopiam in alia nescio qua statione id accidisset, septennium totum pisces non comparuisse, ex acerbata maris vnda ex terebynthina, quæ conflagrantibus arboribus per riuulos defluebat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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His was a septennium of moderate change and the Chancellor himself was regarded as an astute jurist with a lucid legal mind who helped to shape the law by contributing a considerable amount of important decisions, particularly in the area of civil law.
Stabroek News 2009
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