What does septenary mean?
Septenary means Consisting of or containing seven..
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/sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/ · adjective
Consisting of or containing seven..
... 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.
This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’.
Use septenary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Septenary means Consisting of or containing seven..
Common synonyms include septimal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
... 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.
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