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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Septuagenaryadjective

    Consisting of seventy.

    Etymology: septuagenarius, Lat. septuagenaire, Fr.

    The three hundred years of John of times, or Nestor, cannot afford a reasonable encouragement beyond Moses’s septuaginary determination. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Septuagenaryadjective

    consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old

  2. Septuagenarynoun

    a septuagenarian

  3. Etymology: [L. septuagenarius, fr. septuageny seventy each; akin to septuaginta seventy, septem seven. See Seven.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of septuagenary in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of septuagenary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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