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seventh

/ˈsɛvənθ/ noun C2
  1. The person or thing in the seventh position.
  2. One of seven equal parts of a whole.
  3. A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

Plural sevenths

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Being the seventh of January, we have very properly laid in the new almanac.
The Valley of Fear, p. 8 · C1
Anne was graciously pleased to accept it and rewarded the donor with a smile which exalted that infatuated youth straightway into the seventh heaven of delight and caused him to make such fearful errors in his dictation that Mr.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 128 · C1
Matthew was in the seventh heaven of gratified pride over the honor conferred on his Anne and Marilla was not far behind, although she would have died rather than admit it, and said she didn’t think it was very proper for a lot of young folks to be gadding over to the hotel without any responsible person with them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 276 · C1
Instead of striking between the sixth and seventh left ribs, as your countrymen do, you must have struck higher or lower, and life is very tenacious in these lawyers, or rather there is no truth in anything you have told me—it was a fright of the imagination, a dream of your fancy.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 663 · C1

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