English noun: Gregorian calendar |
1. | Gregorian calendar (time) 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 |
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| Synonyms | New Style calendar |
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| Broader (hypernym) | solar calendar |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar |
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| Part holonym | Apr, April, Aug, August, Dec, December, Feb, February, Gregorian calendar month, Jan, January, July, June, Mar, March, May, Nov, November, Oct, October, Sep, Sept, September |
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