heptalogy

See also: hepatology

English

Etymology

From hepta- +‎ -logy, in imitation of trilogy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛpˈtæləd͡ʒi/

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Noun

Examples
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Licht by Karlheinz Stockhausen The Dark Tower by Stephen King Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix

heptalogy (plural heptalogies)

1. (rare) A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works.

   Synonym: septology

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• trilogy (3)
• tetralogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• octalogy (8)
• ennealogy (9)
• decalogy (10)
• polylogy (2+)

Translations

A set of seven works of art that are connected

• Finnish: heptalogia
• Galician: heptoloxía f
• German: Heptalogie (de) f
• Portuguese: heptalogia f
• Spanish: heptología f