Gregorian calendar
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Gregorian calendar Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gregorian calendar
Noun
1. the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
(synonym) New Style calendar
(hypernym) solar calendar
(hyponym) church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar
(part-meronym) Gregorian calendar month
Noun
1. the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
(synonym) New Style calendar
(hypernym) solar calendar
(hyponym) church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar
(part-meronym) Gregorian calendar month
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gregorian calendar
gregorian calendar
n : the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by pope gregory xiii in 1582 ad to correct an error in the julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making oct 5 be called oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by great britain and the american colonies in 1752 [syn: gregorian calendar , new style]
gregorian calendar
n : the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by pope gregory xiii in 1582 ad to correct an error in the julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making oct 5 be called oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by great britain and the american colonies in 1752 [syn: gregorian calendar , new style]
Gregorian calendar Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull Inter gravissimas issued from his seat (Villa Mondragone). Years in the calendar are numbered from the traditional birth year of Jesus, which has been labeled the "anno Domini" (AD) era, and is sometimes labeled the "common era" or the "Christian Era" (CE).
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