Pronounced: lit-uh-uh-TUR (alt: lit-ruh-uh-TUR), noun
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Yesterday’s word
The word hebdomadal means “occurring, appearing, or done every week; weekly”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Greek word hepta (seven). We get the word “heptathlon” from the same root – an Olympic event consisting of seven events. The noun form of our word is “hepdomad”, which is a group of seven, or a period of seven days. One relatively famous usage of our word is the name of the chief executive body of the University of Oxford from 1854 until the fall term in 2000: the Hebdomadal Council – they met once a week.
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