Seven Sages

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plural noun

seven wise men of ancient Greece, Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander, Pittacus, Solon, and Thales, who served their country as rulers, lawgivers, and advisers and who were reputed to have written many popular maxims.

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How to use Seven Sages in a sentence

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The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
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Since the age of six or seven, Wendy Roome knew something was terribly wrong about her.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
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Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
In 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.
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At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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