septennaryadj.n.

Brit.

/sɛpˈtɛn(ə)ri/, U.S.

/sɛpˈtɛnəri/

Forms: 1600s septennarie, 1600s– septennary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septennis , septennium , -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin septennis (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), variant of classical Latin septuennis seven years old ( < septem seven (see septem- comb. form) + annus year: see annals n.) + -ary suffix¹, and partly (ii) < septenn- (in classical Latin septennium septennium n.) + -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier septenary adj. 1, septenary n. 2.

Now rare.

A. adj.

Lasting seven years; recurring every seven years. Also more generally: based on or relating to the number seven.

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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years

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vigintennial1921

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years

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1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice Pref. e They are elder then my septennary examination, which is confined between 1633, and 1640.

1653 Let. in S. Jeake Charters Cinque Ports (1728) 91 Whereas by septennary Revolution the Speakership of the Ports is now devolved upon us.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 131 If Dunstan did septennary Penance, to expiate every mortall Sin.

1821 Q. Rev. Oct. 205 The lamp burnt brightly during six years, eleven months, and some odd days besides, and then unluckily it went out... He was certain that if the flame would only have burnt to the end of the septennary cycle, his experiment must have succeeded.

1842 B. T. Lowne Lect. Animal Physiol. iii. 59 Septennary revolutions are most striking, and have accordingly been constantly noticed. Such periods are professionally called climacteric.

1877 1st Ann. Rep. Board of Health New Jersey 20 It was..thought best by the board to collect all information possible as to endemics and epidemics for the last septennary period.

1921 F. Chamberlin Private Char. Queen Elizabeth v. 99 On an adjoining sheet I have marked out her ten septennary periods—Septems they are called there, setting down year by year..her various periods of ailment.

2004 D. S. Pfeiffer Life beyond Life (Ph.D. diss., Columbia Univ.) ii. 128 There are early septennary patterns—familiar from Jaques's speech in As You Like It.

B. n.

A period of seven years. Cf. septenary n. 2.Frequently with reference to the (now historical) idea that human life is divided into a series of ages, each lasting seven years. In ancient astrology, a person was thought to experience a climacteric (climacteric n. 2a) every seventh year.

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years

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aeon1960

1659 tr. P. Gassendi Vanity of Judiciary Astrol. xvi. 106 The Moon, beginning her soveraignty again at the eighth septennarie [L. septennium].

1747 J. Cheshire Gouty Man's Compan. 92 It [sc. Gout] very rarely appears 'till near the Completion of the seventh Septennary of Life.

1767 T. Short Compar. Hist. Increase & Decrease Mankind 37 Maitland says, from 1728 to 35, were buried 7073... But..in the Gentleman's Magazine, we are told that in the above Septennary were buried 8234.

1804 Monthly Anthol. & Boston Rev. May 297 Excepting children are unwell, they should for the first seven years taste no wine at all; in the second septennary be vastly sparing.

1887 Orig. Secession Mag. May 182 There is first a period of seven Septennaries, or 49 years, during which the city and walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt.

1984 Polish Amer. Stud. 41 14 On the life and career of Wenceslaus Kruszka see his autobiography, Siedm Siedmioleci (‘Seven Septennaries’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	septennary
释义	septennaryadj.n. Brit. /sɛpˈtɛn(ə)ri/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛnəri/ Forms: 1600s septennarie, 1600s– septennary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septennis , septennium , -ary suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin septennis (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), variant of classical Latin septuennis seven years old ( < septem seven (see septem- comb. form) + annus year: see annals n.) + -ary suffix¹, and partly (ii) < septenn- (in classical Latin septennium septennium n.) + -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier septenary adj. 1, septenary n. 2. Now rare. A. adj. Lasting seven years; recurring every seven years. Also more generally: based on or relating to the number seven. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years seven yeara1393 quinquenniala1475 triennial1641 septennary1644 biennial1645 septenarian1647 septennial1648 diennial1656 quadrennial1656 trienniated1661 quintennial1687 semi-millenary1728 1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice Pref. e They are elder then my septennary examination, which is confined between 1633, and 1640. 1653 Let. in S. Jeake Charters Cinque Ports (1728) 91 Whereas by septennary Revolution the Speakership of the Ports is now devolved upon us. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 131 If Dunstan did septennary Penance, to expiate every mortall Sin. 1821 Q. Rev. Oct. 205 The lamp burnt brightly during six years, eleven months, and some odd days besides, and then unluckily it went out... He was certain that if the flame would only have burnt to the end of the septennary cycle, his experiment must have succeeded. 1842 B. T. Lowne Lect. Animal Physiol. iii. 59 Septennary revolutions are most striking, and have accordingly been constantly noticed. Such periods are professionally called climacteric. 1877 1st Ann. Rep. Board of Health New Jersey 20 It was..thought best by the board to collect all information possible as to endemics and epidemics for the last septennary period. 1921 F. Chamberlin Private Char. Queen Elizabeth v. 99 On an adjoining sheet I have marked out her ten septennary periods—Septems they are called there, setting down year by year..her various periods of ailment. 2004 D. S. Pfeiffer Life beyond Life (Ph.D. diss., Columbia Univ.) ii. 128 There are early septennary patterns—familiar from Jaques's speech in As You Like It. B. n. A period of seven years. Cf. septenary n. 2.Frequently with reference to the (now historical) idea that human life is divided into a series of ages, each lasting seven years. In ancient astrology, a person was thought to experience a climacteric (climacteric n. 2a) every seventh year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1659 tr. P. Gassendi Vanity of Judiciary Astrol. xvi. 106 The Moon, beginning her soveraignty again at the eighth septennarie [L. septennium]. 1747 J. Cheshire Gouty Man's Compan. 92 It [sc. Gout] very rarely appears 'till near the Completion of the seventh Septennary of Life. 1767 T. Short Compar. Hist. Increase & Decrease Mankind 37 Maitland says, from 1728 to 35, were buried 7073... But..in the Gentleman's Magazine, we are told that in the above Septennary were buried 8234. 1804 Monthly Anthol. & Boston Rev. May 297 Excepting children are unwell, they should for the first seven years taste no wine at all; in the second septennary be vastly sparing. 1887 Orig. Secession Mag. May 182 There is first a period of seven Septennaries, or 49 years, during which the city and walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt. 1984 Polish Amer. Stud. 41 14 On the life and career of Wenceslaus Kruszka see his autobiography, Siedm Siedmioleci (‘Seven Septennaries’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1644
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