Sentence:  Despite the opposition of the city newspapers , the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience , composed in part of those who had been distinguished for <WSD>years</WSD> for their radical views upon the subject of slavery , of many of our colored citizens , and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days