hebdomad

[ heb-duh-mad ]
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noun
  1. the number seven.

  2. a period of seven successive days; week.

Origin of hebdomad

1
1535–45; <Latin hebdomad-<Greek (stem of hebdomás week), equivalent to hébdom(os) seventh (see hepta-) + -ad--ad1

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hebdomad

/ (ˈhɛbdəˌmæd) /


noun
  1. obsolete the number seven or a group of seven

  2. a rare word for week

Origin of hebdomad

1
C16: from Greek, from hebdomos seventh, from heptas seven

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