Week, n.

n. [O. Eng. wyke, woke, A-S. weoce, wice, wuce, O. Sax. wica, O. Fries. wilke, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Scot. owk, D. week, L. Ger. welke, O. H. Ger. wecha, N. H. Ger. woche, Goth. viko.] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.

I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12.

Prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years. Dan. ix. 24.