septenary
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1SEPTENARY + NOUN
penance
Definitions
adj
Consisting of or containing seven.
Of seventh rank or order.
... indeed if further evidence than that of bestial and savage counting were required to show that finger-numeration and the quinary system were not primeval, it would be afforded by the development of the senary-septenary system in so many lands.
Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
Septenary penance.
noun
A group of seven things.
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’.
The seven notes of the diatonic scale.
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WiktionarySeptenary penance.
WiktionaryThis 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’.
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