Sev"enth , n.
1. One next
in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of
seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. (Mus.) (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b)
A chord which includes the interval of a
seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
Sev"enth (?), a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofoða.]
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. Constituting or
being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. -- Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.
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