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Calendars
Calendars Types of calendars The development of the present (Gregorian) calendar Possible future calendar reform and additions The Julian day calendar Resources Calendars are systems used to measure time. They are usually divided into days, weeks, months, and years. These divisions are... Read more |
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calendar
calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting ordinary and easily observable natural events, the cycle of the sun through the seasons with equinox and solstice ,... Read more |
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Gregorian calendar
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Calendar reform
calendar reform, 1751. To remedy the imperfections introduced by Julius Caesar, most of Europe adopted after 1582 the reform proposed by Pope Gregory XIII. Reluctant to follow popish examples, some protestant countries stayed with the old calendar, which became increasingly out of line. The Act... Read more |
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Julian Day calendar
Julian Day calendar system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their uneven months. It was devised by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and named in honor of his father, Julius Caesar Scaliger. The Julian... Read more |
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Armavir
Armavir, Armenia, Russia Armenia: founded in 1839 as Argishti‐khinili and named after the capital of Urartu (see Armenia); its meaning is unknown. It was later renamed Oktemberyan to commemorate the Bolshevik Revolution on 25 October (Julian calendar; now 7 November using the Gregorian... Read more |
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Jewish
Jewish Jewish calendar a complex ancient calendar in use among Jewish people. It is a lunar calendar adapted to the solar year, normally consisting of twelve months but having thirteen months in leap years, which occur seven times in every cycle of nineteen years. The years are reckoned from the... Read more |
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Rogation Days
Rogation Days in the calendar of the Western Church, four days traditionally set apart for solemn processions to invoke God's mercy. They are Apr. 25, the Major Rogation, coinciding with St. Mark's Day; and the three days preceding Ascension Day, the Minor Rogations. The processions are Christian... Read more |
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Johannes de Sacrobosco
Johannes de Sacrobosco , or John of Hollywood, c.1200-1256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influential books: Algorismus, a study of arithmetic; a treatise on the calendar; and the most popular medieval introductory textbook on astronomy, the Tractatus... Read more |
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tropical year
tropical year time between successive vernal equinoxes ; 365 days, 5 hr, 48 min, 46 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). The tropical year is the basis of the year used in the Gregorian calendar .... Read more |
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calendar
calendar Way of reckoning time for...Sirius and on the seasons. Calendars are based on natural and...difficulty in compiling a calendar is that the month is not...Gregorian, or New Style, calendar, an extra day (February... |
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Newgate Calendar, The
Newgate Calendar, The, was published about 1773 in 5 vols...Criminal Chronology (1809), The Newgate Calendar (1824–6), and The New Newgate Calendar (1826). All the Newgate Calendars began in 1700 and they continued until before... |
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calendar custom
calendar custom, the celebration of an annual...their roots more in the ecclesiastical calendar than in popular tradition, and increasingly...saints' days.The Protestant festive calendar was more limited and more secular in character... |
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Calendar of Modern Letters
Calendar of Modern Letters (1925–7), a literary periodical, first a monthly...I. A. Richards. Towards Standards of Criticism: Selections from the Calendar of Modern Letters was published in 1933 with an introduction by Leavis and... |
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calendar reform
calendar reform, 1751. To remedy the imperfections introduced by Julius Caesar...to follow popish examples, some protestant countries stayed with the old calendar, which became increasingly out of line. The Act 24 Geo. II c. 23 remedied... |
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Chinese calendar
Chinese calendar AnimalYears (1901–2008)Although officially banned in 1930 the ancient Chinese calendar is still widely used in China, and the New Year (the second new moon after the beginning of winter) is a national holiday. It also remains... |
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Gregorian Calendar
Gregorian Calendar, see calendar. |
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Shepherds Calendar, The
Shepherd's Calendar, The, a volume of verse by J. Clare. |
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months of the year
...September7th month of the early Roman calendar, from the Latin septem (seven) [30 days]October8th month of the early Roman calendar, from the Latin octo (eight) [31 days]November9th month of the early Roman calendar, from the Latin novem (nine) [30... |
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paschal controversy
...Jewish Passover, but because the Jewish calendar was based on lunar months, its date in relation to the western solar calendar is variable. Different methods of calculation for correlating the two calendars were tried in the 5th and 6th centuries... |
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calendar
calendar A scheme for organizing periods of time...and numbering or naming them. Many different calendars are in use, but only the Gregorian calendar has world-wide recognition. Calendars usually attempt to recognize astronomical... |
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Calendar
...realized that the Christian calendar was ten days in advance of the solar year. The reformed calendar is known as the Gregorian...difference between the two calendars is now thirteen days, so...on 7 Jan. The Christian calendar follows each year the ... |
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Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar The form of calendar that is now in almost world-wide civil use. It was devised with...introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to replace the Julian calendar, which had got out of step with the seasons. In that year 10... |
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calendar year
calendar year The number of full days that is treated...number must vary from year to year in any calendar to keep it in step with astronomical cycles...counted from some epoch. In the Gregorian calendar this epoch is the birth of Christ, estimated... |
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Julian calendar
Julian calendar The form of calendar first introduced in 46bc by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar...and a normal year had 365 days. It was intended to be a solar calendar in which the date remained in step with the seasons. To preserve... |
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Gregorian Calendar
Gregorian Calendar. The calendar as reformed in 1582 by Gregory XIII and now in use in most of the Christian world. The calendar devised by Julius Caesar (46 BC) did not correspond exactly to... |
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calendar reform
calendar reform, 1751. To remedy the imperfections introduced by Julius Caesar...proposed by Pope Gregory XIII. Some protestant countries stayed with the old calendar, which became increasingly out of line. The Act 24 Geo. II c. 23 remedied... |
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Jazz Calendar
Jazz Calendar. Ballet in 7 parts, mus. by Richard Rodney Bennett, choreog. Ashton, comp. 1963–4, prod. CG 1968. Based on rhyme ‘Monday's Child is Fair of Face’ ... etc. |
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calendar server
calendar server A SERVER which usually forms part of a GROUPWARE package; it holds the diaries of a number of people centrally in such a form that, for example, meetings can be easily arranged when every person's diary for a particular day is free. |
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Philocalian Calendar, the
Philocalian Calendar, the. An alternative name for the ‘Liberian Catalogue’. |
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calendar
calendar • noun a calendar of eventssynonyms: schedule, agenda, almanac, diary, program, annual, yearbook. |
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month
...See table.Months of the Year Gregorian Calendar January February March April May June...September October November December Jewish Calendar Nisan Iyyar Sivan Thammuz Ab Elul Tishri Heshvan Kislev Tebet Sebat Adar Islamic Calendar Muharram Safar Rabi I Rabi II Jumada... |
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schedule
...timetable, plan, scheme, program. 2. a busy schedulesynonyms: appointment list, list of appointments, diary, calendar, social calendar, itinerary, agenda. 3. a schedule of services/equipmentsynonyms: list, catalog, syllabus, inventory... |
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bill
...top of the billsynonyms: program, playbill, list, listing, agenda, card, schedule, timetable, syllabus, roster, calendar, catalog, inventory. 4. a congressional billsynonyms: proposal, measure, projected/proposed law, piece of legislation... |
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catalog
catalog • noun a catalog of library bookssynonyms: list, record, register, inventory, directory, index, roll, table, calendar, classification, guide, brochure. |
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chronicle
chronicle • noun a chronicle of historical eventssynonyms: register, record, annals, calendar, diary, journal, log, account, archive, history, story. |
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program
program • noun 1. refer to the conference programsynonyms: agenda, calendar, schedule, syllabus, list of events, order of the day. 2. buy a program at the theatersynonyms: playbill, list of performers... |
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roster
roster • noun synonyms: list, listing, rota, roll, register, schedule, agenda, calendar, directory, index, table. |
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divine
...regarded with the highest reverence because of its connection with God or a god (Christmas is a holy day in the Christian calendar). Something that is sacred, on the other hand, is set apart as holy or is dedicated to some exalted purpose (sacred music... |
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timetable
timetable • noun a bus timetable | I have a very full timetable synonyms: schedule, program, agenda, calendar; list, itinerary, timeline. |
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Conventional calendars remain solid business, despite electronic devices.
...average of five calendars, industry experts...growth of electronic calendar devices has not...general manager of Calendars.com, an online...affiliated with the Calendar Club chain. "I...more places to get calendars," said John ... |
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CALENDARS FLIPPING OVER A NEW ERA OF SELF-EXPRESSION
...editorial content for calendars has produced a Louis L'Amour calendar that contains 12...selling nothing but calendars - and one calendar only - since it switched...people to carry pocket calendars, plus that kitchen ... |
 "Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)")
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Calendars Greet New Year With Distinctive Themes, Designs.
...lessen the need for calendars printed on paper. For...you can download a web calendar onto your computer screen...that provide online calendars and diaries are www...fashioned off-line paper calendars. One such company is...Company, which has a ... |
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Zoho Calendar Moves Out of Beta.
...and other third-party calendars * Calendar embedding options with...production version of Zoho Calendar include: * Multiple Calendars - Users can create and...events in third-party calendars. Zoho Calendar also has built-in ... |
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Calendars.com Predicts Top-Selling Calendars for 2004 Holiday Season; Busy...
...hobbies and crafts calendars. This year's top-selling calendar is predicted to...according to Calendars.com, the Web's biggest calendar store with the...the time-tested calendar," Levin says. "Calendars remain so popular... |
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SHARED CALENDARS GET MAJOR BOOST WITH RELEASE OF CLEARSYNC.
...a separate calendar with their families...and yet other calendars with other groups...among shared calendar providers...allows multiple calendars to be stored...agenda, the calendar data remains on separate calendars, each ... |
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Calendar Sharing Software Gets Automatic Sync on Windows, Mac & Linux.
...a separate calendar with their families...and yet other calendars with other groups...agenda, the calendar data remains on separate calendars, each of which...across multiple calendars and contact lists * iCal calendar ... |
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SPINNAKER ANNOUNCES CALENDAR CREATIONS; FIRST PRINTED CALENDARS USERS CAN...
...quality customized wall calendars. Each Calendar Creations product...specially designed for Calendar Creations -- Spiral...for four complete calendars -- A diskette with...customize their personal calendars. Calendar ... |
 "The Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS)")
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Calendar opens doors for Dighton woman.
...cover of the 2009 Women of KU Swimsuit Calendar. But when Rupp's mom, Maraline Clark...her daughter posing in a bikini on the calendar's front, she sees "the whole broad...surface. Clark sees the opportunities the calendar job has brought Rupp, 22, who's majoring... |
 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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CALENDAR CONFUSION.(development of calendars)
...The Babylonians used a lunar calendar of 29- and 30-day months...Egyptians designed a solar calendar with twelve 30-day months...just how to make it work. Calendar confusion was the result...have tried to calculate their calendars, and how we ended up with... |
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