hebdomad

[ heb-duh-mad ]

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noun

the number seven.
a period of seven successive days; week.

Origin of hebdomad

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

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How to use hebdomad in a sentence

We read, however, that “in the intellectual hebdomad he assigned the third rank among the fathers to the Demiurge.”
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British Dictionary definitions for hebdomad

hebdomad

/ (ˈhɛbdəˌmæd) /

noun

obsolete the number seven or a group of seven
a rare word for week

Origin of hebdomad

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

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