"septenary" meaning in English

See septenary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-septenary.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From the Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|septēnārius||consisting of seven each}} Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), {{m|la|septēnī||seven each”, “seven at a time}} septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”), {{m|la|-ārius}} -ārius, {{noncog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|-ary}} -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} septenary (not comparable)
  1. Consisting of or containing seven. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Collectives, Seven Related terms (Consisting of or containing seven.): unary
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-adj-QGbkAhWg Disambiguation of Collectives: 37 2 2 16 3 40 Disambiguation of Seven: 31 9 15 12 10 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 2 3 2 1 47 Disambiguation of 'Consisting of or containing seven.': 96 1 3
  2. Of seventh rank or order. Tags: not-comparable Related terms (Of seventh rank or order.): binary Translations (of seventh rank or order): седми (sedmi) (Bulgarian), septenari [masculine] (Catalan), septenària [feminine] (Catalan), семеричный (semeričnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-adj-sBUXijqC Disambiguation of 'Of seventh rank or order.': 1 98 1 Disambiguation of 'of seventh rank or order': 1 98 1
  3. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. Tags: not-comparable Related terms (Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.): ternary
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-adj-swztASoV Disambiguation of 'Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.': 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: septimal
Related terms: primary (1st), secondary (2nd), tertiary (3rd), quaternary, quinary, senary, octonary, nonary, denary, duodenary, vigenary

Noun

IPA: /sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-septenary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: septenaries [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|septēnārius||consisting of seven each}} Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), {{m|la|septēnī||seven each”, “seven at a time}} septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”), {{m|la|-ārius}} -ārius, {{noncog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|-ary}} -ary Head templates: {{en-noun}} septenary (plural septenaries)
  1. A group of seven things. Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-noun-MjZTmKVC Disambiguation of Collectives: 37 2 2 16 3 40
  2. A period of seven years. Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-noun-JzUYgTgU Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 100 0
  3. (music) The seven notes of the diatonic scale. Categories (topical): Music, Collectives
    Sense id: en-septenary-en-noun-vIuzExVl Disambiguation of Collectives: 37 2 2 16 3 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 2 3 2 1 47 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "septenaries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "septenary (plural septenaries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A group of seven things."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seven",
          "seven"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 596",
          "text": "This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A period of seven years."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The seven notes of the diatonic scale."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note"
        ],
        [
          "diatonic",
          "diatonic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The seven notes of the diatonic scale."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "septenary"
}

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