noun
Meaning 1
A group of seven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
hebdomad
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛbdəmæd/
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noun
Meaning 2
A period of seven days; a week.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 3
A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Gnosticism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 4
any period of seven consecutive days
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it rained for a week
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: week
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: week from Monday, rag, rag week, Holy Week, Passion Week, shiva, shivah, shibah
History
Etymology
From Late Latin hebdomada (“number seven; group of seven; seven days”), hebdomas (“number seven; seven days; seventh day”), from Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “group of seven, especially seven days or seven years”), from ἕβδομος (hébdomos, “seventh”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, suffix forming abstract nouns of number from numerals). The word is cognate with French hebdomadaire, hebdo (“weekly periodical”), hebdomadairement (“weekly”), Portuguese hebdomadário (“weekly periodical”), Spanish hebdomadario (“weekly; weekly periodical; hebdomadary”).