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lustrum

/ˈlʌstrəm/noun

उच्चारण लस्ट्रम

पाँच वर्ष की अवधि

Advanced wordPYP · asked 1 time

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2024
nounlustra or lustrums
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    [C] formal

    a period of five years

    पाँच वर्ष की अवधि

    • a lustrum of progress
    • The school marked a lustrum since its founding with a small function.
    • Each lustrum brought new changes to the city.
    + 2 more examples
    • The scholar divided his life into lustra of five years each.
    • He served as president for one lustrum.

    Synonyms quinquennium five years

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

quinquennium five years

AaSpelling

lus·trum

?Which word?

Keep apart lustrum (five years) and lustre (shine).

Lustrum (पाँच वर्ष) और lustre (चमक) को अलग रखिए।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often (periods): a period of five years is a lustrum or quinquennium; two years a biennium; ten years a decade; a hundred years a century; a thousand years a millennium.

अक्सर पूछा जाता है (अवधि): पाँच वर्ष की अवधि lustrum या quinquennium; दो वर्ष biennium; दस वर्ष decade; सौ वर्ष century; हज़ार वर्ष millennium।