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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Seventh

/sĕv'-ənth/ · Sev·enth · IPA /ˈsɛvənθ/
01 a. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
  1. 1.
    Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
    “On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” — Gen. ii. 2.
  2. 2.
    Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Phrases & compounds
Seventh day — the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
Seventh-day Baptists — See under Baptist.
02 n. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
  1. 1.
    One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
  2. 2.
    The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
  3. 3.
    An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.(Mus.)