septenary

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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

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 Dudeney, Henry Ernest

No number has ever been so universally in repute as the septenary.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

After that, causing the rock to be moved at His command, the Tathagata made it divide itself into a seventh additional chamber, remarking that a rock too was septenary, and had seven stages of development.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

It is septenary in constitution, as may be seen in its vibrations expressed in color and sound.

From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)