1. Plural of octonary; groups or sets of eight; things arranged in eights.
Usage: rare; technical
2. In prosody, lines or verses of eight metrical feet or syllables.
Usage: literary; archaic

Examples

• The ancient text was divided into octonaries for easier memorization.
• Medieval manuscripts sometimes organized content into octonaries of chapters.
• The poet composed verses in octonaries, following classical meter conventions.
• Scholars studied the octonaries of the liturgical calendar.
• The musical composition was structured in octonaries of measures.