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lustra


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lustrum  \Lus"trum\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Lustrums},  L.  {Lustra}.  [L.  Cf 
  2d  &  3d  {Luster}.] 
  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. 




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