septenary

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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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald

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

Senary applied to the physical man; the septenary to his spirit, 634-l.

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

Poulter's Measure, an old-fashioned couplet, composed of an alexandrine and a septenary, a6a7, 88 f.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

Some authors pretend to assume that this well marked septenary system has reference to the Pleiades or Seven stars.

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 Le Plongeon, Augustus