Septimation
//sɛptɪˈmeɪʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The loss, seizure, destruction, or killing of one seventh (of something or of a group). countable, rare, uncountable
"To Wilberforce ‘the Sabbath was a delight’ […] O how often, even among those who most punctiliously observe it, does it seem […] an unwelcome exaction, a sort of septimation of time, as grievous as church decimations of property."
Example
More examples"To Wilberforce ‘the Sabbath was a delight’ […] O how often, even among those who most punctiliously observe it, does it seem […] an unwelcome exaction, a sort of septimation of time, as grievous as church decimations of property."
Etymology
From Latin septimus (“seventh”) + -ation, after decimation; compare septimate.
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