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Seven-Step Poem
The Seven-Step Poem (七步诗) is a Chinese poem attributed to Cao Zhi, said to have been composed in seven steps at his brother Cao Pi's command.
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American rock band, known for its alternative metal sound. Formed in 1994, the group has sold nearly eight million albums and features Lajon Witherspoon on vocals.
Seveneves
Seveneves is Neal Stephenson's 2015 hard science fiction novel in which the Moon shatters, the Hard Rain dooms Earth within two years, and seven Eves rebuild humanity in orbit; 5,000 years later their seven races return to Earth. Hugo-nominated, Prometheus Award winner, in TV development at Legendary.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is an old market town in west Kent, England, about 30 miles from London, known for Knole House and timber-framed buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Sevenoaks School
Sevenoaks School: independent co-educational day and boarding school in Sevenoaks, Kent, founded 1432 by William Sevenoke; all-IB Sixth Form since 1999, about 1,250 pupils, ISI-inspected 2025.
Seventeen (세븐틴) (South Korean band)
Seventeen (세븐틴), 13-member South Korean boy band under Pledis Entertainment/Hybe, debuted 2015 with 17 Carat; self-producing group; FML was 2023's best-selling album worldwide.
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Seventeen Moments of Spring (Семнадцать мгновений весны) is a 1973 Soviet 12-episode spy miniseries directed by Tatyana Lioznova from Yulian Semyonov's novel, starring Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Stierlitz, a Soviet mole in the SS thwarting separate peace talks in 1945.
Seventeen Seconds
Seventeen Seconds (1980) is The Cure's second album, produced by Robert Smith and Mike Hedges at Morgan Studios, London. Its minimalist, reverb-heavy dark sound, the UK No. 31 single "A Forest," and its No. 20 UK chart peak distinguish it from the band's post-punk debut.
Seventeen Years (过年回家)
Seventeen Years (过年回家, Guonian huijia) is Zhang Yuan's 1999 China-Italy drama about a woman furloughed after 17 years in prison for killing her stepsister; it won Venice's Special Prize for Direction and was the first film allowed inside a Chinese prison.
Seventeen-Article Constitution
The Seventeen-Article Constitution (十七条憲法) is a set of seventeen moral and administrative precepts for officials, attributed to Prince Shōtoku in 604 and regarded as Japan's first written law code.
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) replaced election of U.S. senators by state legislatures with direct popular election, adding vacancy procedures; ratified April 8, 1913, first popular elections 1914.
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt, or Dynasty 17, was a line of Theban kings in the late Second Intermediate Period who fought the Hyksos and continued as the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: part of the Bill of Rights (1791) preserving civil jury trial in federal common-law suits over $20 and barring fact reexamination; not incorporated against states, reshaped by SEC v. Jarkesy (2024).
Seventh chord
A seventh chord is a four-note chord built by adding a seventh above a triad's root. Five common types (major, dominant, minor, half-diminished, diminished seventh) drive Western harmony; the dominant seventh's tritone defines the key.
Seventh Crusade
The Seventh Crusade (1248–1254), Louis IX of France's expedition against Ayyubid Egypt after Jerusalem's 1244 loss; Damietta, Mansura, Fariskur, the king's captivity, and the Mamluk takeover of Egypt in 1250.
Seventh Day Baptists
Seventh Day Baptists are a Baptist denomination that observes the Sabbath on Saturday, which arose in England about 1650 and counts roughly 45,000 members worldwide.
Seventh Doctor
Seventh Doctor, Doctor Who incarnation played by Sylvester McCoy (1987–1989, 1996 movie), first appearing in Time and the Rani; companion Ace; evolved from comic clown to devious Cartmel-era strategist; regenerated into the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 TV movie.
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Seventh Dynasty of Egypt (Dynasty 7) is a hypothetical dynasty of ancient Egyptian kings conventionally dated to about 2181 BC, known only from Manetho's tradition.
Seventh generation of video game consoles
Seventh generation of video game consoles: the Xbox 360 (2005), PlayStation 3 (2006), and Wii (2006) era, with DS and PSP handhelds; roughly 300 million home consoles sold, led by the Wii.
Seventh grade
Seventh grade (Grade 7, UK Year 8) is the seventh year of formal schooling, typically ages 12-13, the second year of US middle school; covers international equivalents, junior-high-to-middle-school history, curriculum, and transition research.
Seventh Party System
Seventh Party System: proposed seventh era in the American party-system periodization, after the sixth system dated variously from 1968, 1980, or the 1990s. Scholars including David A. Hopkins and John H. Aldrich have used the label; its start date and existence remain debated.
Seventh Regiment Armory
The Seventh Regiment Armory, now the Park Avenue Armory, is a historic National Guard armory on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built between 1877 and 1881.
Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India
Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, under Article 246, divides legislative power via the Union List, State List, and Concurrent List, adapted from the Government of India Act 1935 and reshaped by the 42nd and 101st Amendments.
Seventh Son (film)
Seventh Son is a 2014 fantasy adventure film directed by Sergei Bodrov, based on Joseph Delaney's novel The Spook's Apprentice, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, and Julianne Moore.
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son: European folklore concept, also a seventh daughter parallel and Iron Maiden album title. A seventh consecutive son of a seventh-son father, believed able to heal by touch, prophesy, or in some traditions become a vampire or werewolf.
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is Iron Maiden's seventh studio album, released 11 April 1988. A concept album about a clairvoyant seventh son, it was their first UK number one since 1982 and last classic-lineup record.
Seventh Star
Seventh Star (Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi) is the 1986 album written as Tony Iommi's first solo record, released under the Sabbath name on label and manager Don Arden's pressure; its only Sabbath album with singer Glenn Hughes, fired five dates into the tour.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, also called Seventh-Day Adventism, is a Protestant denomination of about 23.7 million members that keeps the Saturday Sabbath and expects Christ's literal second coming.
Seventh-day Adventist education system
The Seventh-day Adventist education system, also called Adventist education, is the church's worldwide school network, teaching about 2.4 million students from kindergarten through doctoral level.
Seventh-day Adventist theology
Seventh-day Adventist theology, also called Adventist theology, is the doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Protestant denomination that emerged from the Millerite revivals of the 1840s.