Sev"en*ty , n.;
pl. Seventies (&?;). 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or
objects.
2. A symbol representing seventy
units, as 70, or lxx.
The Seventy, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See Septuagint.
Sev"en*ty (?), a. [AS. hund- seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.]
Seven times
ten; one more than sixty-nine.
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