单词 | hebdomadal |
释义 | hebdomadaladj.n. A. adj. a. Consisting of or lasting seven days. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > of or lasting specific number of days novendial1533 triduan1597 quadragesimal1610 hebdomadal1612 quinquagesimal1652 tricenary1655 septuary1700 tridiurnal1828 trigesimal1839 trihemeral1840 ninety-day1859 three-day1890 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. Illustr. 184 They had their originall of later time, then this Hebdomadall account. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 212 Hebdomadall periods or weeks. View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs Pref. 11 When he [God] was about his hebdomadal work of the Hexameron Fabrick. b. Changing every week; fickle, changeable. ΚΠ a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 47 Listening to variable, hebdomadal politicians, who run away from their opinions without giving us a month's warning. 2. Meeting, taking place, or appearing once a week; weekly. Hebdomadal Council: the representative board of the University of Oxford, which meets weekly, and takes the initiative in all matters to be brought before the University; it has taken the place of the earlier Hebdomadal Meeting of Heads of Houses. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [adjective] > occurring a specific number of times a week weekly1489 hebdomadary1625 hebdomaticala1659 hebdomadal1711 septimanal1786 tri-weekly1832 semi-weekly1833 bi-weekly1885 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 17. ⁋2 Several of these Hebdomadal Societies. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iv. 83 His hebdomadal visitants were often divided in their opinion. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 456 In the reign of Elizabeth..the regent masters were deprived of the initiative in legislative measures in the House of Convocation in Oxford, which was transferred to the hebdomadal meeting of heads of houses. 1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 403 The whole tribe of party writers, diurnal and hebdomadal. 1854 Act 17 & 18 Victoria (Oxf. Univ. Act) c. 81 §5 Upon the 15th day of the said Michaelmas term 1854, there shall be elected..a council, which shall be called the hebdomadal council. 1880 T. Fowler Locke ii. 16 A letter to the Hebdomadal Board from Lord Clarendon, then Chancellor of the University. B. n. (elliptical) A periodical appearing once a week, a ‘weekly’. (pedantic or humorous.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > by frequency of publication quarterly1818 trimestrial1824 anniversary1827 monthly1830 tri-weekly1832 hebdomadal1835 fortnightly1865 three-monthly1886 bi-weekly1890 seasonal1895 bi-monthly1926 1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 637 Accounts..have occasionally appeared in the journals and hebdomadals. 1838 B. Corney Ideas on Controv. 4 Let its appearance be proclaimed in the diurnals, in the hebdomadals, etc. 1885 Advance (Chicago) 18 June A fit contemporary of our Eastern hebdomadals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.n.1612 |
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