| Week | n. [ OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik&unr_;, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. Weak. ] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. [ 1913 Webster ] I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Although it [ the week ] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feast of Weeks. See Pentecost, 1. --
Prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years. Dan. ix. 24. --
Week day. See under Day. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Week-end | n. The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to work days. Where work days continue throught Saturday morning, the weekend starts on Saturday at noon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] |
| Weekly | a. 1. Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette. [ 1913 Webster ] |
