单词 | septenniad |
释义 | septenniadn. rare. A period of seven years, esp. in a human life.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 1836 J. Johnson Econ. of Health 40 The powers of the mind, especially during the third Septenniad of life, are still more expansive and elastic than those of the body. 1851 E. Fitzgerald Euphranor 50 And so I leave him at the end of his second septenniad. 1995 C. Villeneuve tr. I. Wegman Mysteries (2016) 90 His whole metabolism is regulated from one septenniad to another in such a way that after seven years all materiality inside his body is renewed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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