septenary

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Keep on dividing this number by 7 until there is nothing more left to divide, and the remainders will be found to be 11333311 which is 1,000,000 expressed in the septenary scale.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Here the septenary is introduced in the May-day song of Ralph, the London apprentice, doubtless because of its popularity for such unliterary verse.

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

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

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

But on account of its customary pause after the fourth foot, it very early broke into two short lines of four and three stresses each, and thus the septenary couplet became the ballad stanza.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

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 Hill, J. H.