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heavenly stems

heavenly stems is the plural of heavenly stem.

Meaning of heavenly stem

Noun

heavenly stem (plural heavenly stems)

  1. (historical) A day of the traditional ten-day week.
  2. One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.
  3. (historical) The ancestor venerated with a ritual on the appointed day of the traditional week.
  4. (formal) An ordinal, used in similar contexts to Roman numerals in English numbering and outlining.

Questions about heavenly stems

What is heavenly stems the plural of?
Heavenly stems is the plural of heavenly stem.

Words near heavenly stems in the dictionary

  1. heavenly body
  2. Heavenly Father
  3. heavenly marriage
  4. heavenly marriages
  5. heavenly stem
  6. heavenly stems
  7. Heavenly Twins
  8. heavenly virtues
  9. Heavenly Witnesses
  10. heavenly-minded
  11. heaveno

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