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Gregorian calendar   /grəgˈɔriən kˈæləndər/   Listen
Gregorian calendar

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: New Style calendar.



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... most eminent professors filled the chairs: theologians like Suarez and Vasquez; commentators such as Cornelius a Lapide and Maldonatus; founders of national history schools, as Mariana and Pallavicini; Clavius, reformer of the Gregorian Calendar; Kircher, universal in the exact sciences, while the other colleges throughout the world remained provided with their own required forces and maintained ...
— The Autobiography of St. Ignatius • Saint Ignatius Loyola


Words linked to "Gregorian calendar" :   august, January, dec, march, Gregorian calendar month, Aug, may, Apr, ecclesiastical calendar, mar, February, April, New Style calendar, Feb, July, December, Nov, October, November, Jan, September, sept, church calendar, June, Sep, Oct, solar calendar


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