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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 | ||
| Synonyms | New Style calendar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solar calendar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar | ||
| 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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