septenary
nounDefinition of septenary
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
septenary
adjectiveDefinition of septenary (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : of or relating to the number seven or to a septenary
2 : septuple
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