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septuagints

septuagints is the plural of septuagint.

Meaning of septuagint

Noun

septuagint (plural septuagints)

  1. (archaic) A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
    • This tenebrosity of the interior, he proceeded to say, hath not been illumined by the wit of the septuagint nor so much as mentioned for the Orient from on high which brake hell’s gates visited a darkness that was foraneous.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 376

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Proper noun capitalized: Septuagints

Septuagints

  1. (plural, rare) plural of Septuagint: the translators of the Septuagint or editions of the work.

Questions about septuagints

What is septuagints the plural of?
Septuagints is the plural of septuagint.
What part of speech is septuagints?
Septuagints is a proper noun.

Words near septuagints in the dictionary

  1. septuagesimal
  2. septuagint
  3. Septuagintal
  4. septuagintillion
  5. septuagintillions
  6. septuagints
  7. septuaries
  8. septuary
  9. septula
  10. septular
  11. septulate

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