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hebdomadal: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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Sep. 22, 2014

hebdomadal Audio Pronunciation
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\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."
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