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Septenary

//sɛpˈtiːnəɹi// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting of or containing seven. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of seventh rank or order. not-comparable

    "... indeed if further evidence than that of bestial and savage counting were required to show that finger-numeration and the quinary system were not primeval, it would be afforded by the development of the senary-septenary system in so many lands."

  3. 3
    Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. not-comparable

    "Septenary penance."

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of seven things.
  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one wordnet
  3. 3
    A period of seven years.

    "This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’."

  4. 4
    The seven notes of the diatonic scale.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English septenarie, septenary, from Classical Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnus (“seven each; seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). With use as noun compare septēnārius (“line of seven feet; unit of seven parts; period of seven years”). By surface analysis, septen- + -ary. Doublet of septenar and septenarius.

Etymology 2

From Middle English septenarie, septenary, from Classical Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnus (“seven each; seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). With use as noun compare septēnārius (“line of seven feet; unit of seven parts; period of seven years”). By surface analysis, septen- + -ary. Doublet of septenar and septenarius.

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