But no one has, because of this likeness, ever suggested that these tribes ever counted by the senary method. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Deity symbolized by the hieroglyphical senary, 634-l. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
In this he is not original: his fame must rest on his senary tripod. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)] Reference
The hieroglyphical senary (the double equilateral triangle) is the symbol of Deity. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
The sages applied the senary to the physical man; while the septenary was, for them, the symbol of his immortal spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
I took the only hint which the address gave: I inquired for hellebore, but they told me it was not now recognized, that the old notion of its value was quite obsolete, and that they had nothing which was considered a specific in senary or septenary cases. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)] Reference
But I’ll bet fewer people know what senary means than know what cheesed off means. From Wordnik.com. [Unfortunate idiomatic ambiguities on knuckling « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Thus our duodecimal coinage has led to the practice of counting by sixes, and produced a philological curiosity, a real senary notation. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Take, for instance, the word senary. From Wordnik.com. [Unfortunate idiomatic ambiguities on knuckling « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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