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Definition of Hebdomad
1. Noun. Any period of seven consecutive days. "It rained for a week"
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Terms within: Calendar Day, Civil Day, Day Of The Week, Weekend
Specialized synonyms: Week From Monday, Rag, Rag Week, Holy Week, Passion Week, Shibah, Shiva, Shivah
Derivative terms: Hebdomadal, Hebdomadary, Weekly
Definition of Hebdomad
1. n. A week; a period of seven days.
Definition of Hebdomad
1. Noun. A group of seven. ¹
2. Noun. A period of seven days, a week. ¹
3. Noun. (gnosticism) A group of seven superhuman beings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hebdomad
1. the number seven [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hebdomad
1. A week; a period of seven days. Origin: L. Hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdomas the number seven days, fr. Seventh, seven. See Seven. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hebdomad
Literary usage of Hebdomad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"... THE MYSTERIES OF THE hebdomad WE must not close this Part on the Symbolism of
Archaic History, without an attempt to explain the perpetual recurrence of ..."
2. Rest Days: A Study in Early Law and Morality by Hutton Webster (1916)
"No other number will divide the lunation without a remainder. However, the hebdomad
furnishes a less satisfactory time-unit than the ..."
3. Thrice-greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis by Hermes (1906)
"... energies of the human soul; the mental energies led into error by the animal
passions. THE "OPHITE" hebdomad Now if we turn to Salmon's article on the ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1830)
"The hebdomad, then, is spoken of in a twofold respect; one, indeed, subsisting
within the decad, which is seven times measured by the monad alone, ..."
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