Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or made up of seven islands: as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Islands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of seven islands.
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- adjective Consisting of
seven islands .
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Formerly dependent on the Phanar of Constantinople, the ecclesiastical eparchies of the ancient septinsular republic became connected in 1866 with the Holy Synod of Athens, to which they are still subject [Théarvic, "L'Eglise de Grèce" in Echos d'Orient, "
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
hernesheir commented on the word septinsular
An adjective for the Wordnik listers of island terms.
November 20, 2012