septenary
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It is possible to think of the soul as a reincarnating entity, whether it be a monad, duad, triad, or septenary being.
From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by William Walker Atkinson
In the Elizabethan age the alexandrine and the septenary were each used chiefly in conjunction with the other, in alternation of six-stress and seven-stress verses.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
It is thus seen that no "trials" are necessary; by converting to the septenary scale of notation we go direct to the answer.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
Now, as I have said, our puzzle may be solved at once by merely converting 1,000,000 dollars to the septenary scale.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
The septenary division alone gives a reasonable theory consistent with the facts we have to deal with, and therefore, though it may seem elaborate, the student will do wisely to make himself familiar with it.
From Death—and After? by Annie Wood Besant
In this play the alexandrine is the dominant measure, though mingled with occasional septenaries still.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The poem opens with a septenary— "Tho Iesu Crist an eorthe was, mylde weren his dede;" and septenaries and alexandrines are used interchangeably.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
These are the literal meanings; the mystic meanings are very different, and among other things denote the septenary prismatic colours and other septenaries in nature.
From Simon Magus by George Robert Stow Mead
Chapman's translation of Iliad is the longest modern English poem in septenaries.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The use of alexandrines and septenaries together, we have seen, was common even in the Middle English period, but not in regular alternation.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
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