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septuagint

Sep.tu.a.gint \sep-'t(y)u:-*-j*nt, 'sep-t*-w*-.jint\ n [LL Septuaginta, fr. 
   L, seventy, irreg. fr. septem seven + -gint]a (akin to L viginti twenty); 
   fr. the approximate number of its translators - more at SEVEN, VIGESIMAL : 
   a Pre-christian Greek version of the Old Testament used by Greek-speakin g 
   Christians