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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 • 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 Lash...marketing director for Calendar Club, which has... |
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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 calendar. But more than anything... |
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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 calendar-making history dating... |
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Calendars and software
...and future. Here calendar rules for both the...Gregorian (modem) calendars are reviewed. The...Ironically, not every calendar innovation can be...certainty. 2. Calendar fundamentals Here the two main calendars used in the Western... |
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Calendar marks dubious birthdays
...Corrections, said the calendars are not celebrations...the purpose of this calendar was meant to be an instructional...with." The monthly calendars are distributed by e...who came up with the calendar spent 22 years in the...names used on diversity calendars. The calendars contain... |
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Calendars of the year
...thoughts, in the form of calendars. Thousands of them...envelopes printed "CALENDARS DO NOT BEND". Oh yes...had to, because the calendar-receiving sort lived...main benefit of the calendar is not that it tells...with their naked lady calendars advertising tools and... |
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Japanese Religions, Calendars, and Religious Culture in Brazil
...time). Major calendars in the world such as the Jewish calendar, the Julian calendar...the lunisolar calendar, both in Japan and abroad. The calendars utilized in Okinawa...questioned why I study calendars. The new solar calendar and the old lunisolar... |
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Promotional calendars provide continued exposure
...poll by the Calendar Advertising...promotional calendars. Office equipment...imprint on the calendar. Forty percent refer to their calendars ten or more...an imprinted calendar may add income...Imprinted calendars have been a... |
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Colorful Calendars For a Year and a Day
The 1988 calendars are a bargain...year, and some calendar publishers are going...When I saw the calendar, I thought: Oh...but since the calendars have always been...95 pounds. Art Calendars From its permanent...on its engagement calendar, and a selection... |
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Calendar Programs Sort Out the Who, What, When and Where
...at producing printed calendars. If you're looking...out in mint-quality calendar or notebook format...the schedules and calendars came out impressively...important appointments. Calendar Creator will maintain several different calendars for you - for example... |
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