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Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
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On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
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2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
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{Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.

{Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}.
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, n.
1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
others.
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2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
equal parts into which anything is divided.
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3. (Mus.)
(a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the
scale.
(b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh
whether major, minor, or diminished.
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