Seventh

//ˈsɛvnθ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number seven. not-comparable

    "Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The person or thing in the seventh position.
  2. 2
    the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it wordnet
  3. 3
    One of seven equal parts of a whole.
  4. 4
    one part in seven equal parts wordnet
  5. 5
    A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
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  1. 6
    position seven in a countable series of things wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.

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