septenary

In this specimen we have the septenary without rime, a rare form.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden

The second part stands for the fourth principle of the septenary man, as denoting the configuration of his knowledge or desires.*

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

Hence, deriving the suggestion from the apparent septenary rest in nature, they taught that God ordained the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath or rest day for man.

From Astral Worship by J. H. Hill

This specimen shows the new measure introduced into the drama in connection with the earlier rimed septenary.

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

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

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

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

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 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