Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book containing the transactions of seven days.
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- noun A
literary work whose action covers a period ofseven days
Etymologies
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hepta- + Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēmerā, "day").
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The _heptameron_ is not a week, but a shadowy adumbration of a week.]
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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