hebdomadal

American  

[heb-dom-uh-dl] / hɛbˈdɒm ə dl /

adjective

1. taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly.

   hebdomadal meetings;

   hebdomadal groups;

   hebdomadal journals.

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noun

1. a weekly magazine, newspaper, etc.

hebdomadal British  

/ hɛbˈdɒmədərɪ, hɛbˈdɒmədəl, -drɪ /

adjective

1. a rare word for weekly

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Other Word Forms

• hebdomadally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of hebdomadal

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin hebdomadālis, “weekly”; see hebdomad, -al ¹

Example Sentences

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hebdomadal

Fabulous was the Old Farmer's success in predicting diurnal or hebdomadal weather a year in advance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Federal Council announced that Dr. Cadman's sermons would be made audible over a hebdomadal hookup of 40 radio stations.

From Time Magazine Archive

A vested choir of 100 voices sings at the hebdomadal gatherings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anything more spiritually malevolent than those announcements chalked upon the black notice-board of the advent of the hebdomadal messiah, the peregrine cleric, the sacred migrant was impossible to imagine.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

The singing-seats, projecting from the central portion of the gallery, furnished me with another hebdomadal study, in large gilt letters of antique awkwardness, which so impressed themselves on my mind that I see them now.

From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Abbot, Anne Wales