Octonary


 * For the base-8 numeral system, see octal.

An octonary is an eight-line section in a poem, song or psalm. The most notable example is found in Psalm 119

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).

Hermes As Pimander said by way of Oracle to the Octonary, Thou dost well, O Son, to desire the Solution of the Tabernacle, for thou art purified.