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† ˈseptuary, a. and n. Obs.
[irreg. f. L. septem seven + -ary, by association with septuāgintā.]
A. adj. Consisting of seven; septenary.
1604T. Wright Clymact. Yeeres 5 God hath appointed these Septuarie, and Nonarie yeeres as best seeming his wisdome and prouidence. Ibid. 8 In this septuarie number of our yeeres.
b. Of seven days.
1703E. Ward Lond. Spy xvii. (1706) 403 After I had..bestow'd two Pennyworth of Razorridge on the most Fertile part of my Face, whose Septuary Crop requir'd Mowing.
B. n. A group of seven days.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xii. 212 Months howsoever taken are not exactly divisible into septuaries or weeks. |