Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Recurring every sixth day.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, medicine That
recurs on thesixth day - noun obsolete, medicine Such a
fever
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Examples
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Quini-sextan Council at Constantinople (_in Trullo_), 85, 89-92
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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The Council _in Trullo_ (named from the {90} dome-shaped place of meeting), 691, called also _Quini-sextan_, summoned by Justinian II.
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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