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sennight

or se'n·night

[ sen-ahyt, -it ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a week.


sennight

/ ˈsɛnaɪt /

noun

  1. an archaic word for week
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sennight1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English sevenyht, seoveniht(e), sennyght, etc., Old English seofon nihta; seven, night
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sennight1

Old English seofan nihte; see seven , night
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Example Sentences

But as all this is very uncertain, I direct you and My Lady to appear in town to-morrow sennight.

On the day sennight after my trial at the Old Bailey, I prepared in due form to pay him a visit.

I, too, am a clerk of a sort, for Henriet tonsured me on Wednesday sennight.

To-morrow thy father and mother come home, and thy baby-brother, and to-day sennight thy little cousins come to visit thee.

He'll be working at throwing you out, some of you, same as he did young Bobby on Sunday sennight.

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