septenary

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The sages applied the senary to the physical man; while the septenary was, for them, the symbol of his immortal spirit.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Every sound ought to have a septenary relation to the planes of consciousness, and the differentiations of life, force and matter on each.

From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William

The Egyptians made use of a septenary system in the arrangement of the grand gallery in the center of the great pyramid.

From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus

It is thus seen that no "trials" are necessary; by converting to the septenary scale of notation we go direct to the answer.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Keep on dividing this number by 7 until there is nothing more left to divide, and the remainders will be found to be 11333311 which is 1,000,000 expressed in the septenary scale.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest