Definition of sennight in English:

sennight

noun ˈsɛnʌɪtˈsenīt

archaic

A week.
〈古〉一星期
Example sentencesExamples
- All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.
- At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
- A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
- The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
- After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’

Origin

Old English seofon nihta 'seven nights'.

Definition of sennight in US English:

sennight

nounˈsenīt

archaic

A week.
〈古〉一星期
Example sentencesExamples
- A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
- At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
- The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
- After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’
- All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.

Origin

Old English seofon nihta ‘seven nights’.

单词	sennight
释义	Definition of sennight in English: sennight noun ˈsɛnʌɪtˈsenīt archaic A week. 〈古〉一星期 Example sentencesExamples All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses. At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke. A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday. The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life. After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’ Origin Old English seofon nihta 'seven nights'. Definition of sennight in US English: sennight nounˈsenīt archaic A week. 〈古〉一星期 Example sentencesExamples A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday. At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke. The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life. After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’ All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses. Origin Old English seofon nihta ‘seven nights’.
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