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Perpetual calendar   /pərpˈɛtʃuəl kˈæləndər/   Listen
Perpetual calendar

noun
1.
A chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years.





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"Perpetual calendar" Quotes from Famous Books



... finer one than that which prevailed in the old distribution of the figures. Childhood strikes the first quarter; Youth the second; Manhood the third, and Old Age the last; the first stroke of each quarter is struck by one of the two genii seated above the perpetual calendar; the four ages strike the second. Whilst death strikes the hours, the second of these genii turns over the hourglass that he holds in his hand. The image of the Saviour stands now on a higher ground; at the hour of noon the twelve Apostles pass bowing before him; he ...
— Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg • Anonymous


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