(Entry 1 of 2) 1 archaic : a group or set of seven specifically : septennium. 2 : a fourteener (as the trochaic tetrameter catalectic in medieval Latin verse, the iambic verse of seven and a half feet of Middle English poetry) often printed in two lines.

What is Septenary used for?

a group of seven; seven years. Examples: septenary of days (a week), 1660; of planets, 1650; of years.

What is the meaning of quinary in English?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : consisting of five : arranged by fives : quintuple the quinary system is based on counting the fingers of one hand— H. J. Spinden. 2 : of the fifth order or rank.