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Meaning of HEBDOMAD

Pronunciation:  'hebdu`mad

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"
 
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 Synonyms: week
 
 See Also: calendar day, civil day, day of the week, Holy Week, Passion Week, period, period of time, rag, rag week, shibah, shiva, shivah, time period, week from Monday, weekend

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Heb"do*mad\, n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the
number seven days, fr. ? seventh, ? seven. See {Seven}.]
A week; a period of seven days. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
 

 

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