SEPTENARY
\sɛptˈiːnəɹi], \sɛptˈiːnəɹi], \s_ɛ_p_t_ˈiː_n_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of SEPTENARY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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Consisting of, or relating to, the number seven; lasting seven years; occurring once in seven years.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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The septenary years of the old believers in critical periods were times at which, it was supposed, important changes might be expected to take place. The grand climacteric was fixed at 63, and it was considered that if a person passed that age, he had well-founded expectations that his life might be protracted to 90.
By Robley Dunglison
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].