Definition of "octonary" [oc•to•na•ry]

• Of or relating to the number eight. (adjective)
• Consisting of eight members or of groups containing eight. (adjective)
• A group or set of eight. (noun)

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• "That which many do comment concerning the octonary number of beatitudes hath too much curiosity, and little benefit."
• "But such men experience no difficulty whatever in performing their mental computations in the decimal system; and they acquire through constant practice such quickness and accuracy of calculation, that it is difficult to see how octonary reckoning would materially assist them."
• "It is said that the ancient Saxons used the octonary system, [220] but how, or for what purposes, is not stated."