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单词 septuary
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septuaryadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsɛptʃʊəri/, /ˈsɛptᵿri/, /ˈsɛptjʊəri/, /ˈsɛptjᵿri/, U.S. /ˈsɛp(t)ʃʊˌɛri/
Forms: 1600s septuarie, 1600s– septuary.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septem , -ary suffix1.
Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin septem seven (see septem- comb. form) + -ary suffix1, perhaps by association with septuāgintā Septuagint n. Compare earlier septenary adj., septenary n.Compare post-classical Latin septuarius (1615), French †septuaire (1641), both rare.
rare.
A. adj.
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.
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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.
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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).
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