单词 | septenary number |
释义 | > as lemmasseptenary number septenary number n. now rare. the number seven. [Compare classical Latin numerus septēnārius, Middle French, French nombre septénaire (1552).] ΚΠ c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 188 (MED) Þe circuit of þe mone goyth be seuyn..and many odyr longen to þe nombyr septenary [a1500 Lamb. of seuen] þat wer longe to reherse. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 158 (MED) The grace of whiche Holy Gost is seuenfold, þe whiche septenarye nombre the Jewis gretly kepeþ, and that noȝt with-oute fygowre. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 29 This septenary number gained Authority from the creation of the world, because the first works of God were made in six dayes, and the seventh was dedicated to rest as sacred. 2010 L. López-Baralt in H. Kallendorf New Compan. Hispanic Mysticism ii. 190 For Saint Gregory the septenary number implied consummate perfection because it is composed of a first pair and of a first non-pair, and of a pair that can be divided and of the first non-pair that cannot be divided. < as lemmas |
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