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_For the base-8 numeral system, see octal ._
An OCTONARY is an eight-line section in a poem, song or psalm.[1] The most
notable example is found in Psalm 119[2]
In the French renaissance the octonaire became a form of moralizing chanson.
It can also mean of 8th rank or order (primary, secondary, tertiary …
octonary).
** References
[reflist] Category:Poetic forms
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