septenary
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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
The numerous applications of the septenary confirmed the ancient sages in the use of this symbol.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
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
The turn of a four-dimensional world is near, but the puzzle of science will ever continue until their concepts reach the natural dimensions of visible and invisible space—in its septenary completeness.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
The Egyptians made use of a septenary system in the arrangement of the grand gallery in the center of the great pyramid.
From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Augustus Le Plongeon
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
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 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
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
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
