| \heb-DOM-uh-dl\ | adjective 1. taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals. noun 1. a weekly magazine, newspaper, etc. | | Quotes | The Methodists of Octavius looked upon him as a queer fish, and through nearly a dozen years had never quite outgrown their hebdomadal tendency to surprise at seeing him enter their church. -- Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware, 1896 | | Origin | | Hebdomadal ultimately comes from the Greek term hébdomos meaning "seventh." | |