| n. | 1. | A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
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| Noun | 1. | week - any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week" Synonyms: hebdomad |
| 2. | week - a period of seven consecutive days starting on SundaySynonyms: calendar week | |
| 3. | week - hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week" Synonyms: workweek |
WEEK. Seven days of time.
2. The week commences immediately after twelve o'clock, on the night
between Saturday and Sunday, and ends at twelve o'clock, seven days of
twenty-four hours each thereafter.
3. The first day of the week is called Sunday; (q.v.) the second,
Monday; the third, Tuesday; the, fourth, Wednesday; the fifth, Thursday; the
sixth, Friday; and the seventh, Saturday. Vide 4 Pet. S. C. Rep. 361.
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