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Definition of sennight in English: sennightnoun ˈsɛnʌɪtˈsenīt archaic A week. Example sentencesExamples - All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.
- At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
- A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
- The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
- After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’
Origin Old English seofon nihta 'seven nights'. Definition of sennight in US English: sennightnounˈsenīt archaic A week. Example sentencesExamples - A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
- At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
- The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
- After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’
- All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.
Origin Old English seofon nihta ‘seven nights’. |