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noun

Week n. A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. "I fast twice in the week." Note: 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.

Feast of Weeks. See Pentecost, 1.

Prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years.

Week day. See under Day.

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"Feast of weeks" Quotes from Famous Books

... to beg of you to be sure to come home for the Passover. And you must know that Busie is to be congratulated. She is now betrothed. And if the Lord wills it, she is going to be married on the Sabbath after the Feast of Weeks. ...

— Jewish Children • Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

... "Pentecost," occurs upon the sixth day of the third month, Sivan (June). It is called the Feast of Weeks because forty-nine days, or seven weeks, duly numbered, elapse between the second day of Passover, when (during the existence of the Temple) a sheaf of green barley was offered, and this festival, when two loaves made of the first flour of the wheat harvest were "brought before the Lord." ...

— Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala • Various

... or "Pentecost," occurs upon the sixth day of the third month, Sivan (June). It is called the Feast of Weeks because forty-nine days, or seven weeks, duly numbered, elapse between the second day of Passover, when (during the existence of the Temple) a sheaf of green barley was offered, and this festival, when ...

— Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala • Various