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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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

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

Experts of other banks estimated that $329,000,000 more were withdrawn during the following sennight.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a sennight I will tell you the tale of what I have bethought me with my friends.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

And it is only two days sennight that I coming suddenly in did find Sarah with my new silk Hood upon her Frowsy head and Will discoursing with her and thrumming upon Sam'l his viallin.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

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