Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Quadrennial

Quadrennial , adjective

[Latin quadriennium a space of four years; quattuor four + annus year; compare Latin quadriennis. See Quadrate, and Annual.]

1.
Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
2.
Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.