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calendar month (encz) | calendar month,kalendářní měsíc Zdeněk Brož |
Calendar month (gcide) | Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.
kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,
OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See
Calends.]
1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to
the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and
days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an
almanac.
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2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,
offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are
liable to change yearly according to the varying date of
Easter.
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3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a
calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar
of a college or an academy.
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Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
tempests of state. --Bacon.
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Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and
month.
Calendar month. See under Month.
French Republican calendar. See under Vend['e]miaire.
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, {Perpetual
calendar}. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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calendar month (wn) | calendar month
n 1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid
the bill last month" [syn: calendar month, month] |
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calendar month (encz) | calendar month,kalendářní měsíc Zdeněk Brož |
Calendar months (gcide) | Month \Month\ (m[u^]nth), n. [OE. month, moneth, AS.
m[=o]n[eth], m[=o]na[eth]; akin to m[=o]na moon, and to D.
maand month, G. monat, OHG. m[=a]n[=o]d, Icel. m[=a]nu[eth]r,
m[=a]na[eth]r, Goth. m[=e]n[=o][thorn]s. [root]272. See
Moon.]
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;
the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the
length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the
name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called
a month.
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Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or
twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed.
--Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the
common law is generally changed, and a month is
declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's
Blackstone.
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A month mind.
(a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a
month after death. --Strype.
Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common or
Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November,
containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February,
which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
Lunar month, the period of one revolution of the moon,
particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are
distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from
one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m.
2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from
one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36
s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to
the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the
anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to
perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and
the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the
ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7
s.
Solar month, the time in which the sun passes through one
sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1
s.
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calendar month (wn) | calendar month
n 1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid
the bill last month" [syn: calendar month, month] |
gregorian calendar month (wn) | Gregorian calendar month
n 1: a month in the Gregorian calendar |
hindu calendar month (wn) | Hindu calendar month
n 1: any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar |
islamic calendar month (wn) | Islamic calendar month
n 1: any lunar month in the Muslim calendar |
jewish calendar month (wn) | Jewish calendar month
n 1: a month in the Jewish calendar |
revolutionary calendar month (wn) | Revolutionary calendar month
n 1: a month in the Revolutionary calendar |
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