单词 | septuary |
释义 | septuaryadj.n. rare. 1. Of seven, relating to the number seven; consisting of seven; = septenary adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [adjective] > sevenfold sevenfoldOE seven-doublea1586 sevenfolded1590 septuary1604 septuple1615 septuplicate1632 1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 5 God hath appointed these Septuarie, and Nonarie yeeres as best seeming his wisdome and prouidence. 1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 8 In this septuarie number of our yeeres. 1883 D. W. Aiken Grange U.S. Dept. Agriculture Sepcial Rep. No. 55 6 During these four years this septuary brotherhood met frequently, and formally once in each year as the National Grange. 2. Of or relating to a period of seven days; (also) recurring every seven days, weekly. Cf. septenary adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > of or lasting specific number of days novendial1533 triduan1597 quadragesimal1610 hebdomadal1612 quinquagesimal1652 tricenary1655 septuary1700 tridiurnal1828 trigesimal1839 trihemeral1840 ninety-day1859 three-day1890 1700 E. Ward London Spy II. v. 8 After I had..bestow'd two Pennyworth of Razoridge on the most fertile part of my Face, whose Septuary Crop requir'd mowing. 1852 North-China Herald 18 Sept. 18/4 Some slight drizzling showers fell in the early part of the last septuary period. 1899 J. R. Clay Uncle Phil xvi. 202 Subjecting her abundant tresses to other treatment than the septuary washings with soap and water. B. n. 1. A period of seven days; a week. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 212 Months howsoever taken are not exactly divisible into septuaries or weeks. View more context for this quotation 1942 Jrnl. Trans Victoria Inst. 74 65 As for the meaning of these days [sc. those of the biblical Creation], that septuary which forms the most wonderful week ever known with the possible exception of Passion Week, we must not rule out as utterly preposterous the theory that seven literal days are meant. 2. A group or set of seven; = septenary n. 1.Only recorded in dictionaries before the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [noun] > group of seven septenarya1500 seven1548 sevenfold1548 sevensome1568 septarchy1630 septuary1656 septuplet1795 septet1832 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Septuary may be applied to anything composed of the number seven. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Septuary, anything composed of seven; a week. 1887 Horry Herald (Conway, S. Carolina) 3 Mar. (title of poem) A septifluous septuary. 2007 B. Schott Schott's Almanac 2008 52/1 The final book in the Harry Potter septuary was released at midnight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1604 |
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