septenary

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Now, as I have said, our puzzle may be solved at once by merely converting 1,000,000 dollars to the septenary scale.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Some authors pretend to assume that this well marked septenary system has reference to the Pleiades or Seven stars.

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

Behind each figure are rows of glyphs and in the upper corner to the left of the spectator is the septenary series headed by the initial-sign.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

In this specimen we have the septenary without rime, a rare form.

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

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