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septenaries

septenaries is the plural of septenary.

Meaning of septenary

Noun

septenary (plural septenaries)

  1. A group of seven things.
  2. A period of seven years.
    • This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 596
  3. The seven notes of the diatonic scale.

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Questions about septenaries

What is septenaries the plural of?
Septenaries is the plural of septenary.

Words near septenaries in the dictionary

  1. septemvirates
  2. septemviri
  3. septemvirs
  4. septen-
  5. septenar
  6. septenaries
  7. septenarii
  8. septenarius
  9. septenars
  10. septenary
  11. septenate

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