hebdomad

[ heb-duh-mad ]

noun

1. the number seven.
2. a period of seven successive days; week.

hebdomad

/ ˈhɛbdəˌmæd /

noun

1. obsolete.
   the number seven or a group of seven
2. a rare word for week

Word History and Origins

Origin of hebdomad¹

1535–45; < Latin hebdomad- < Greek (stem of hebdomás week), equivalent to hébdom ( os ) seventh ( hepta- ) + -ad- -ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of hebdomad¹

C16: from Greek, from hebdomos seventh, from heptas seven

Example Sentences

We read, however, that “in the intellectual hebdomad he assigned the third rank among the fathers to the Demiurge.”

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