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septenary
[ sep-tuh-ner-ee ]
noun
- a group or set of seven.
- a period of seven years.
- the number seven.
- Prosody. a line of seven feet.
septenary
/ ˈsɛptɪnərɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the number seven
- forming a group of seven
- See septennialanother word for septennial
noun
- the number seven
- a group of seven things
- a period of seven years
- prosody a line of seven metrical feet
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Origin of septenary1
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Origin of septenary1
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Example Sentences
A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary.
It is thus seen that no "trials" are necessary; by converting to the septenary scale of notation we go direct to the answer.
And thus far he reach'd in his Contemplations, about the end of the fourth Septenary of his Age, viz.
Thus far his Knowledge had brought him towards the end of the fifth Septenary from his Birth, viz.
In the meantime he had passed the Seventh Septenary, and had attained to the age of fifty.
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