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A week is a time unit equal to seven days. The English word week continues an Old English wice, ultimately from a Common Germanic *wikōn-, from a root *wik- "turn, move, change". The Germanic word probably had a wider meaning prior to the adoption of the Roman calendar, perhaps "succession series", as suggested by Gothic wikō translating taxis "order" in Luke 1:8. The term "week" is sometimes expanded to refer to other time units comprising a few days. Such "weeks" of between four and ten days have been used historically in various places. Intervals longer than 10 days are not usually termed "weeks" as they are closer in length to the fortnight or the month than to the seven-day week.
Evidence of continuous use of a seven-day week appears with the Jews during the Babylonian Captivity of the 6th century BC. Both Judaism (based on the Creation narrative in the Bible) and ancient Babylonian religions used a seven-day week. Other cultures adopted the seven-day week at different times. Between the 1st and 3rd centuries the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. Hindus may have adopted a seven-day week earlier than 11th century BC.[citation needed] See Rig Veda. There is evidence of some Chinese groups using a seven-day week as early as 4th century.
Weekday mornings, coffee smell in the air
After you've gone and the children have left for school
I'm alone and I think about all the plans we made
I think about all the dreams I had and I wonder if I'm a fool
Weekday midday, I've got the marketing done
Plenty to do but nothing to tax my mind that's all right, it's a habit
Heaven knows I can always watch the daytime shows
And wonder which story's mine
She loved a man she knew little about
After so many years of trying
So many years of doing without
Oh, but what's the use of crying?
Weekday evenings, we sit and I realize
You've dreamed too and I kind of understand
I've been with you and you need me to take care of you
But we'll work it out so I'm a person too
And we'll help each other, the best that we can