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单词 hebdomadal
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hebdomadaladj.n.

/hɛbˈdɒmədəl/
Etymology: < Latin hebdomadālis, < hebdomad- : see hebdomad n. and -al suffix1.
A. adj.
1.
a. Consisting of or lasting seven days. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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).
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