hebdomadary

[heb-dom-uh-der-ee]

heb·dom·a·dar·y

[heb-dom-uh-der-ee] noun, plural heb·dom·a·dar·ies, adjective
noun
1.
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
adjective
2.
hebdomadal (def. 1).

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Hebdomadary has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English ebdomadarie < Late Latin hebdomadārius. See hebdomad, -ary
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hebdomadal or hebdomadary (hɛbˈdɒmədəl, hɛbˈdɒmədərɪ, -drɪ)
 
adj
a rare word for weekly
 
hebdomadary or hebdomadary
 
adj
 
heb'domadally or hebdomadary
 
adv

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