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luster

/ˈlʌstɚ/ noun C2
  1. A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
  2. Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period. (literary)

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A big round moon, slowly deepening from her pallid luster into burnished silver, hung over the Haunted Wood; the air was full of sweet summer sounds--sleepy birds twittering, freakish breezes, faraway voices and laughter.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1

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