单词 | New Style calendar |
释义 | New Style calendar (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY New Style calendar: New Style calendars n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper Gregorian calendar church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals solar calendar a calendar based on solar cycles |
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