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单词 sevenday
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sevendayn.

Forms: Middle English seuendai, Middle English seuenday, 1600s sevenday.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seventh adj., day n.; seven adj., day n.
Etymology: Partly (i) < seventh adj. + day n., with assimilation of the final dental of the first element (compare e.g. the Middle English variant seuend) to the initial dental of the second. Partly (ii) < seven adj. + day n. (compare use as an ordinal number at seven adj. 3). With sense 1 compare earlier seventh day n. In sense 2 after sennight n.
Obsolete.
1. The seventh in a series of successive days. Also: Sunday regarded as the seventh day of the week or observed as the Sabbath. Cf. seventh day n. 1.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 607 (MED) Ðe duue fond no clene stede, And wente a-gen..Ðe seuendai est [read eft]..And brogt a grene oliues bog.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 800 To his castel..He sailed þe seuenday.
a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 69 (MED) He schulde haue..þre Moneþes faste bred & watere, bot þe seuendaies, & þe heiȝe feste dayes.
2. Following a specified day, in expressions serving to indicate a date, as in † this day sevenday a week ago today, † that day sevenday a week after that day. Cf. sennight n. Phrases. rare.
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1658 Z. Crofton Vertue & Value Baptism To Rdr. sig. (a11) Sir, I did this day sevenday signifie my dissatisfaction in your Doctrine.
1678 R. Mayo Conf. betwixt Protestant & Jew 3 I interposed, and offered my House for the place of their meeting, which they well approved of, and appointed that day Sevenday at three of the Clock in the Afternoon for the time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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