seventh
sev·enth / ˈsevən[unvoicedth]/ • ordinal number constituting number seven in a sequence; 7th: his seventh goal of the season | the seventh of June | he was the seventh of eight children. ∎ (a seventh/one seventh) each of seven equal parts into which something is or may be divided. ∎ the seventh finisher or position in a race or competition: he finished seventh in the tournament. ∎ seventhly (used to introduce a seventh point or reason). ∎ the seventh grade of a school. ∎ Mus. an interval spanning seven consecutive notes in a diatonic scale. ∎ Mus. the note that is higher by this interval than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord. ∎ Mus. a chord in which the seventh note of the scale forms an important component.PHRASES: in seventh heavensee heaven.DERIVATIVES: sev·enth·ly adv.
seventh
Seventh-Day Adventist a member of a strict Protestant sect which preaches the imminent return of Christ to Earth (originally expecting the Second Coming in 1844) and observes Saturday as the sabbath.