What does lustrum mean?
Definitions for lustrum
ˈlʌs trəmlus·trum
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Princeton's WordNet
lustrumnoun
a period of five years
lustrumnoun
a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
Wiktionary
lustrumnoun
A lustration or ceremonial purification of all the ancient Roman people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census.
lustrumnoun
A period of five years.
Etymology: From lustrum.
Wikipedia
Lustrum
A lūstrum (IPA: [ˈluːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ], plural lūstra) was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome. It is distinct from the homograph lustrum ( LUSS-trəm): a haunt of wild beasts (and figuratively, a den of vice), plural lustra ( LUUS-trah).
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lustrum
A lustrum is a period of five years, traditionally used by the ancient Romans. It is also used to refer to a ceremonial purification of the entire ancient Roman population after every five-year period.
Webster Dictionary
Lustrumnoun
a lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years
Etymology: [L. Cf. 2d & 3d Luster.]
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Lustrum
A lustrum was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome. The lustration was originally a sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors in the name of the Roman people at the close of the taking of the census. The sacrifice was often in the form of an animal sacrifice, known as a suovetaurilia. These censuses were taken at five-year intervals, thus a lustrum came to refer to the five-year inter-census period. Lustrum is a lustration or purification of the whole Roman people performed by one of the censors in the Campus Martius, after the taking of the census was over. As this purification took place only once in five years, the word lustrum was also used to designate the time between two lustra. The first lustrum was performed in B.C. 566 by king Servius, after he had completed his census, and afterwards it is said to have taken place regularly every five years after the census was over. In the earliest period of the republic, the business of the census and the solemnities of the lustrum were performed by the consuls. The first censors were appointed in B.C. 443, and from this year down to B.C. 294 there had, according to Livy, only been 26 pairs of censors, and only 21 lustra, or general purifications, although if all had been regular, there would have been 30 pairs of censors and 30 lustra. Sometimes the census was not held at all, or at least not by the censors. The census might take place without the lustrum, and indeed two cases of this kind are recorded, in B.C. 459 and 214. In these cases, the lustrum was not performed because of some great calamities that had befallen the republic.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Lustrum
a sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors of Rome in name of the Roman people at the close of the taking of the census, and which took place after a period of five years, so that the name came to denote a period of that length.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lustrum in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lustrum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- التطهير العامArabic
- pětiletíCzech
- Fünfjahreszeitraum, Jahrfünft, Quinquennium, Lustrum, FünfjahresperiodeGerman
- lustroSpanish
- شهوتPersian
- lustrumFinnish
- lustrumFrench
- द्युतिHindi
- ragyogásHungarian
- quinquennio, lustrumItalian
- חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִיםHebrew
- lustrumJapanese
- ಕಾಮKannada
- 재계Korean
- LustrumNorwegian
- lustroPortuguese
- пятилетиеRussian
- lustrumSwedish
- lulyel, lulyelayubidVolapük
- לוסטרוםYiddish
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