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septenary
Definition of septenary
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1 archaic : a group or set of seven; specifically : septennium
2 : a fourteener (as the trochaic tetrameter catalectic in medieval Latin verse, the iambic verse of seven and a half feet of Middle English poetry) often printed in two lines —called also septenar, septenarius
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Origin and Etymology of septenary
Latin septenarius, from septenarius of or relating to seven
septenary
Definition of septenary
1 : of or relating to the number seven or to a septenary
2 : septuple
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Origin and Etymology of septenary
Latin septenarius, from septeni seven each, seven (from septem seven) + -arius -ary
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