·noun A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of r...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
There can be no doubt about the great antiquity of measuring time by a period of seven days. (Genesi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...