calendar : Idioms & Phrases

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appointment calendar

  • noun a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments
    appointment book.
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Calendar clock

  • one that shows the days of the week and month.
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calendar day

  • noun a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
    civil day.
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calendar method

  • noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
    calendar method; rhythm method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
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calendar method of birth control

  • noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
    calendar method; rhythm method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
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Calendar month

  • noun one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
    month.
    • he paid the bill last month
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  • . See under Month.
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calendar week

  • noun a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
    week.
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calendar year

  • noun the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
    civil year.
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church calendar

  • noun a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
    church calendar.
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ecclesiastical calendar

  • noun a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
    church calendar.
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farmer's calendar

  • noun an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
    almanac.
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French Republican calendar

  • . See under Vendémiaire.
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Gregorian calendar

  • noun 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
    Gregorian calendar.
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  • the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below).
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Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar

  • . See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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gregorian calendar month

  • noun a month in the Gregorian calendar
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hebrew calendar

  • noun (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
    Hebrew calendar.
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hindu calendar

  • noun the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years)
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hindu calendar month

  • noun any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar
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islamic calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
    Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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islamic calendar month

  • noun any lunar month in the Muslim calendar
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jewish calendar

  • noun (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
    Hebrew calendar.
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jewish calendar month

  • noun a month in the Jewish calendar
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Julian calendar

  • noun the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
    Julian calendar.
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  • the calendar as adjusted by Julius Cæsar, in which the year was made to consist of 365 days, each fourth year having 366 days.
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lunar calendar

  • noun a calendar based on lunar cycles
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lunisolar calendar

  • noun a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles
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mohammedan calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
    Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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moslem calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
    Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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muhammadan calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
    Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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muslim calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
    Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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new style calendar

  • noun 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
    Gregorian calendar.
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old style calendar

  • noun the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
    Julian calendar.
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Perpetual calendar

  • noun 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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  • a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year.
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revolutionary calendar

  • noun the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
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revolutionary calendar month

  • noun a month in the Revolutionary calendar
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roman calendar

  • noun the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC
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solar calendar

  • noun a calendar based on solar cycles
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