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hebdomad

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heb⋅do⋅mad

  [heb-duh-mad]
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–noun
1. the number seven.
2. a period of seven successive days; week.
Origin:
1535–45; < L hebdomad- < Gk (s. of hebdomás week), equiv. to hébdom(os) seventh (see hepta- ) + -ad- -ad 1
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heb·do·mad   (hěb'də-mād')   
n.  

  1. A group of seven.

  2. A period of seven days; a week.


[Latin hebdomas, hebdomad-, the number seven, from Greek, from hebdomos, seventh, from hepta, seven; see sept in Indo-European roots.]
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