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English noun: New Style calendar

1. New Style 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


SynonymsGregorian calendar


Broader (hypernym)solar calendar


Narrower (hyponym)church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar


Part holonymApr, 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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