sennight
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sennight
First recorded before 1000; Middle English sevenyht, seoveniht(e), sennyght, etc., Old English seofon nihta; see origin at seven, night
Example Sentences
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The Jews had celebrated their Pentecost the sennight before, to commemorate Moses' giving their ancestors the Ten Commandments 50 days after the Exodus from Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Experts of other banks estimated that $329,000,000 more were withdrawn during the following sennight.
From Time Magazine Archive
It closed in Manhattan last sennight, having run 107 weeks, costing its "angel," Edgar B. Davis, an estimated 10% of his estimated $15,000,000 oil fortune.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But a sennight agone, poor Joe Toogood vanished out of our sight, and we never seed him again."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
Wherefore rejoice for me, for at this time a sennight hence, I shall be singing with the angels of God.
From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt
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