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sennight

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sen⋅night

  [sen-ahyt, -it]
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–noun Archaic.
a week.
Also, se'nnight.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sevenyht, seoveniht(e), sennyght, etc., OE seofon nihta. See seven, night
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sen·night   (sěn'īt')   
n.   Archaic
A week.

[Middle English senight, contraction of seveniht, from Old English seofon nihta, seven nights : seofon, seven; see seven + nihta, pl. of niht, night; see night.]
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