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Sevennight

//ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week. archaic, obsolete

    "[T]he bold Iago. / VVhoſe footing here anticipates our thoughts / A ſennights ſpeede."

  2. 2
    Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from the specified day. archaic, attributive, obsolete

    "VVhat doctrine is vvritten for us in the eighth chapter of the firſt book of Kings, I did partly ſhevv unto you, moſt honourable audience, this day ſeven-night, of that good man, father Samuel, that good Judge, hovv good a man he vvas, vvhat helpers and coadjutors he took unto him, to have his office vvell diſcharged."

  3. 3
    Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day. obsolete

    "And Mrs. Jevvkes tells me, every one names Thurſday come Sev'nnight for our Nuptials."

  4. 4
    Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sennight.

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