Seventh-Day

or sev·enth-day

[ sev-uhnth-dey ]

/ ˈsɛv ənθˌdeɪ /

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adjective

designating certain Christian denominations that make Saturday their chief day of rest and religious observance: Seventh-Day Adventists.

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Words nearby Seventh-Day

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How to use Seventh-Day in a sentence

Meanwhile, the official Seventh-Day Adventist Church has distanced itself from Hudson.
Is Christopher Hudson Behind Angus Jones’s ‘Two and a Half Men’ Attack?|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The fiscal cliff hostage situation, which commenced the day after President Obama won reelection, has now entered its seventh day.
Fiscal Cliff Hostage Situation: Should the Rich Get Soaked?|Daniel Gross|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On the seventh day, they wore “civvies,” typically trousers and a polo shirt.
In Tom Cruise Divorce, Scientology Loses Fashion Icons|Rebecca Dana|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As the jury enters its seventh day of deliberation, key questions remain unanswered.
John Edwards Trial Watch: a Damning Twitter Trail|Diane Dimond|May 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST

It appears often as early as the sixth or seventh day; usually during the second week.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The second angel presides over the seventh day, and is called Debadur.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
By the seventh day the yacht was off the Palestine coast, and Joppa, seated on her cliffs, appeared over a foaming roadstead.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
Being in doubt as to the true time, I am resolved to regard to-morrow, and every seventh day in succession, as the Sabbath.
In the Wrong Paradise|Andrew Lang