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hebdomad

Other forms: hebdomads

Definitions of hebdomad
  1. noun
    any period of seven consecutive days
    synonyms: week
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    types:
    week from Monday
    a time period of a week or more
    rag, rag week
    a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
    Holy Week, Passion Week
    the week before Easter
    shibah, shiva, shivah
    (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
    type of:
    period, period of time, time period
    an amount of time
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