septimation

/sɛptɪˈmeɪʃən/

septimation means the loss, seizure, destruction, or killing of one seventh (of something or of a group). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.

septimation is pronounced /sɛptɪˈmeɪʃən/.

Etymology

From Latin septimus (“seventh”) + -ation, after decimation; compare septimate.

noun

The loss, seizure, destruction, or killing of one seventh (of something or of a group).“To Wilberforce ‘the Sabbath was a delight’ […] O how often, even among those who most punctiliously observe it, does it seem […] an unwelcome exaction, a sort of septimation of time, as grievous as church decimations of property.”