▪ I. † ˈseptimane, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. septimāna, f. septem seven + -āna, fem. of -ānus, -an, -ane in a collective sense.]
A week.
| 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. Explan. Words, Septimane, A weeke or seven-night. 1694 J. Smith Doctr. Lord's Day 52 The Eastern Nations..retained a true account of the order of days in the Septimane. |
So septimanal a., weekly.
| 1833 Fraser's Mag. VII. 706 Diurnal or septimanal literature. |
▪ II. † septimane, a. Obs.—0
[ad. late L. septimānus (see prec.).]
(See quot.)
| 1721 Bailey, Septimane, of the order of 7, also belonging to a Week. |