HEBDOMAD

week, hebdomad

(noun) any period of seven consecutive days; “it rained for a week”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hebdomad (plural hebdomads)

(obsolete) A group of seven.

A period of seven days; a week.

(Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge.

Source: Wiktionary


Heb"do*mad, n. Etym: [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven days, fr. Seven.]

Definition: A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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