septalogues

Noun

septalogue (plural septalogues)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between seven individuals.
   • In 1936 my class consisted of six students, all of whom had possessed enough curiosity to enroll in a course with the strange name of "Speech Pathology." We explored the subject together, a modus operandi which still constitutes the base structure of the course. But then we could talk informally...1987, Ken Macrorie, Twenty Teachers, page 118

   Synonyms:

   heptalogue

2. A series of seven statements.
   • His claim to be doing nothing more than laying bare the moral teachings of the prophets and apostles is belied by his replacement of the old Decalogue with a new septalogue.1997, Steven B. Smith, Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity, page 116

   Synonyms:

   heptalogue