Calendar
31calendar — cal|en|dar [ kæləndər ] noun count ** 1. ) a set of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year: a wall/desk calendar 2. ) a system for measuring the length of a year and dividing it into periods such as weeks and months: the… …
32CALENDAR — most traditional religions follow a LITURGICAL calendar. In ISLAM a lunar calendar is still used to set the dates and times for important feasts and fasting such as RAMADAM; in CHRISTIANITY the calendar is fixed. There are differences in usage …
33calendar — The waxing and waning of the moon prescribed the division of the year into twelve months, usually designated during the Exile [[➝ Exile, the]] merely by numbers instead of the old Canaanite names formerly in use. But the Babylonian Nisan… …
34calendar — [ kalɪndə] noun 1》 a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year. 2》 a system by which the beginning, length, and subdivisions of the year are fixed. See also Julian calendar and Gregorian calendar. 3》 a list …
35calendar — noun (C) 1 pages printed to show the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, that you hang on the wall 2 AmE a) a book with separate spaces or pages for each day of the year, on which you write down the things you have to do; diary (2) BrE… …
36calendar — cal•en•dar [[t]ˈkæl ən dər[/t]] n. 1) hor a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year 2) hor any of various systems of reckoning time, esp. with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year, as the… …
37Calendar — Among the Dutch provinces, Zeeland and Holland were the first to introduce the Gregorian calendar, in 1582–1583. The other provinces kept the Julian calendar, which was less accurate with regard to leap years, until 1700–1701. This explains… …
38Calendar — This interesting surname has two origins. Firstly, it may be from an occupational name for a person who gave a smooth finish to freshly woven cloth by passing it between heavy rollers to compress the weave. The English term for such a worker,… …
39calendar — [13] English acquired calendar via Anglo Norman calender and Old French calendier from Latin calendārium, which was a ‘moneylender’s account book’. It got its name from the calends (Latin calendae), the first day of the Roman month, when debts… …
40calendar — [ˈkælɪndə] noun [C] 1) a set of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year 2) a system for measuring and dividing a year the Jewish/Roman calendar[/ex] 3) a list of important events and the dates on which they take place one… …
