/ok"teuh ner'ee/ , adj., n., pl. octonaries .
adj.
1. pertaining to the number 8.
2. consisting of eight.
3. proceeding by eight.
4. octal (def. 1).
n.
5. a group of eight; an ogdoad.
6. Also, octal . Pros. a stanza of eight lines.
7. a number in an octonary system.
[ 1525-35; octonarius consisting of eight, equiv. to octon ( i ) eight each + -arius -ARY ]