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  1. sennightnoun

    A period of seven nights; a week.

  2. sennightadverb

    After a sennight has passed.

  3. Etymology: * Shortened form of sevennight.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sennightnoun

    The space of seven nights and days; a week. See Fortnight.

    Etymology: Contracted from sevennight.

    Time trots hard with a young maid between the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemnized: if the interim be but a sennight, time’s pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven years. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sennightnoun

    the space of seven nights and days; a week

  2. Etymology: [Contr. fr. sevennight.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sennight

    sen′nīt, n. a week. [Seven night.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sennight in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sennight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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