HEBDOMADAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hebdomadal mean? 

• HEBDOMADAL (adjective)
  The adjective HEBDOMADAL has 1 sense:

1. of or occurring every seven days

  Familiarity information: HEBDOMADAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEBDOMADAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or occurring every seven days

Synonyms:

hebdomadal; hebdomadary; weekly

Context example:

weekly paper

Similar:

periodic; periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)

Derivation:

hebdomad (any period of seven consecutive days)

 Context examples 

A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread—a whole, instead of a half, slice—with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter: it was the hebdomadal treat to which we all looked forward from Sabbath to Sabbath.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)