septenary

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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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald

The septenary division of time into weeks of seven days, although not universal, as has been generally supposed, was sufficiently so to indicate the influence of the number.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

This is a rare instance of the use of the long septenary in nineteenth-century poetry.

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

Behind each figure are rows of glyphs and in the upper corner to the left of the spectator is the septenary series headed by the initial-sign.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

After the same manner a man is completed in the second septenary of years, and is capable of learning what is good and evil, and of discipline therein.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch