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Meaning of septenary | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/

Definitions

  1. Consisting of or containing seven.
    not-comparable
  2. Of seventh rank or order.
    not-comparable
  3. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
    not-comparable

Examples

“... indeed if further evidence than that of bestial and savage counting were required to show that finger-numeration and the quinary system were not primeval, it would be afforded by the development of the senary-septenary system in so many lands.”
“Septenary penance.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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