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Noun:

  • Christianity An eight day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
  • Christianity The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
  • fencing The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
  • music An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch.
  • music The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
  • poetry A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.

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