Word Meanings - HEPTATEUCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The first seven books of the Testament.
Related words: (words related to HEPTATEUCH)
- FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - SEVENNIGHT
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight. - BOOKSELLING
The employment of selling books. - BOOKSTAND
1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference. - SEVENFOLD
Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton. - BOOKSHOP
A bookseller's shop. - TESTAMENTAL
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery. - SEVENTIETH
1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. 2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts. - FIRST-CLASS
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended - SEVENTEENTH
1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which - SEVENTY-FOUR
A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns. - SEVENTEEN
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years. - TESTAMENTATION
The act or power of giving by testament, or will. Burke. - FIRST-RATE
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett . - SEVEN-SHOOTER
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. - BOOKSHELF
A shelf to hold books. - SEVEN
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars , the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple , a rubiaceous - FIRSTLY
In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first. - BOOKSELLER
One who sells books. - SEVENTHLY
In the seventh place. - UNSEVEN
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. "To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome." Fuller. - HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
With the head foremost.
