sennight

American

[sen-ahyt, -it] / ˈsɛn aɪt, -ɪt /

Or se'nnight

noun

Archaic.

a week.

sennight British

/ ˈsɛnaɪt /

noun

an archaic word for week

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Etymology

Origin of sennight

First recorded before 1000; Middle English sevenyht, seoveniht(e), sennyght, etc., Old English seofon nihta; seven, night

Example Sentences

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We must well beware Of letting these ride homeward, unless ourselves we fare Within a sennight after straight into Etzel's land.

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I was able to tell him that Lady Catherine was very well on Saturday sennight.

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He read us a letter from the Dr., his father, dated yesterday sennight, being Sunday.

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It was now the Saturday sennight mentioned by Margaret as the day when Mr. Hamilton was to come to settle certain small business matters with Mrs. Swanwick.

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And they sailed over the briny wave, They sailed for sennights three, The nearest way to Bohemia’s bounds, They were at heart so free.

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