gregorian calendar
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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 (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | solar calendar, |
| definition | : | a calendar based on solar cycles (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | jan, january, |
| definition | : | the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | feb, february, |
| definition | : | the month following January and preceding March (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | mar, march, |
| definition | : | the month following February and preceding April (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | apr, april, |
| definition | : | the month following March and preceding May (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | may, |
| definition | : | the month following April and preceding June (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | june, |
| definition | : | the month following May and preceding July (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | july, |
| definition | : | the month following June and preceding August (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | aug, august, |
| definition | : | the month following July and preceding September (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | sep, sept, september, |
| definition | : | the month following August and preceding October (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | oct, october, |
| definition | : | the month following September and preceding November (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | nov, november, |
| definition | : | the month following October and preceding December (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | dec, december, |
| definition | : | the last (12th) month of the year (noun.time) |
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