Meaning a person of high rank or distinction is attested from c.1500 in English; as a longer way to say person, the word was in use from 1550s (but often slyly ironical, with suggestion that the subject is overly self-important).
If your system is standalone, the default sync interval for system time is 604800 seconds (7 days). If you are in a domain environment, the default sync interval is 3600 seconds (0.04166667 days). If you are using XP Pro, you can adjust your settings using Group Policy editor (GPedit - Administrative Templates\System\Windows Time Service\Time Providers) or you can adjust things through a registry edit (works for any version of XP).
Timed intervals? Hello. I know how to enable objects, but how can I make it so that an object is enabled at the next set time interval? For example: If the time interval is every 5 seconds and the object enabled condition is met by the player at 13 seconds (since the start of the scene), then the object will be enabled at 15 seconds. If the player meets the condition at 21 seconds, it will be enabled at 25 seconds and so on.