septenary
adjEtymology
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.
- derived from septēnārius
- inherited from septenarie,septenary
Definitions
Consisting of or containing seven.
Of seventh rank or order.
Lasting seven years
Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
- Septenary penance.
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A group of seven things.
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’.
The seven notes of the diatonic scale.
The neighborhood
- synonymseptimal
- neighborprimary (1st)
- neighborsecondary (2nd)
- neighbortertiary (3rd)
- neighborquaternary
- neighborquinary
- neighborsenary
- neighboroctonary
- neighbornonary
- neighbordenary
- neighborduodenary
- neighborvigenary
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for septenary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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