lustrum

A noun referring to a period of five years, or historically, a ceremonial purification of the Roman population conducted every five years after the census.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un periodo de cinco años o, históricamente, una ceremonia de purificación ritual de la población romana que se celebraba cada cinco años tras el censo.

1. Period of five years C2 formal

   A period of five years, often used in historical or formal contexts.

   • The project spanned a lustrum before completion.
   • He served as chairman for a full lustrum.
   • The census is conducted every lustrum in some countries.

   🇪🇸Lustro

   Sinónimos: quinquennium

2. Roman purification ceremony C2 formal british

   In ancient Rome, a ceremonial purification of the entire population performed every five years after the census.

   • The lustrum was a major religious event in ancient Rome.
   • After the census, the censor performed the lustrum.
   • The ritual of the lustrum involved sacrifices and prayers.

   🇪🇸Lustro (purificación romana)

• lustra plural form
• lustrums plural form
• lustra's possessive plural form
• lustrums' possessive plural form
• lustrum's possessive singular form