septenary

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Senary applied to the physical man; the septenary to his spirit, 634-l.

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

These are the literal meanings; the mystic meanings are very different, and among other things denote the septenary prismatic colours and other septenaries in nature.

From Simon Magus by Mead, George Robert Stow

After the same manner a man is completed in the second septenary of years, and is capable of learning what is good and evil, and of discipline therein.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

This specimen shows the new measure introduced into the drama in connection with the earlier rimed septenary.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

After that, causing the rock to be moved at His command, the Tathagata made it divide itself into a seventh additional chamber, remarking that a rock too was septenary, and had seven stages of development.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various