seventh
adjective
- ordinal number for 7
noun
- ordinal number
- musical interval
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛvnθ/ / /ˈsɛvənθ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.
- The ordinal form of the number seven.
“Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?”
“[H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.
- The person or thing in the seventh position.
“He departs with the significant announcement that he will post at the gates six defenders, with himself as the seventh.”
- One of seven equal parts of a whole.
- A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.