noun
- a group or set of seven; especially, a period of seven days; a week.
Usage: formal or literary; less common in modern usage
Examples
- The ancient calendar divided time into hebdomads of seven days.
- A hebdomad passed before we heard any news from the expedition.
- In religious contexts, a hebdomad often carries symbolic significance.
- The festival lasts for one complete hebdomad.
- Medieval scholars organized their studies into hebdomads for better structure.