sennight
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sennight
First recorded before 1000; Middle English sevenyht, seoveniht(e), sennyght, etc., Old English seofon nihta; see origin at seven, night
Example Sentences
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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
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
Experts of other banks estimated that $329,000,000 more were withdrawn during the following sennight.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A sennight, my lord," said Master Rudolph, the steward, who had come into the room and who now stood among the others at the bedside.
From Otto of the Silver Hand by Pyle, Howard
According to the Druids, they came out of darkness, ab Dite Patre; they called themselves Children of Night, counting time by nights instead of days, as we say fortnight and sennight.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
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