hebdomad

[heb-duh-mad]

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noun

the number seven.

a period of seven successive days; week.

RELATED WORDS

heptad, septenary, septuplicate

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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British Dictionary definitions for hebdomad

hebdomad

noun

obsolete the number seven or a group of seven

a rare word for week

Word Origin for hebdomad

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

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