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almanac

[ awl-muh-nak ]

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noun

an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
a publication containing astronomical or meteorological information, usually including future positions of celestial objects, star magnitudes, and culmination dates of constellations.
an annual reference book of useful and interesting facts relating to countries of the world, sports, entertainment, etc.

almanac

/ ˈɔːlməˌnæk /

a yearly calendar giving statistical information on events and phenomena, such as the phases of the moon, times of sunrise and sunset, tides, anniversaries, etc Also (archaic)almanack

Origin of almanac¹

1350–1400; Middle English almenak < Medieval Latin almanach < Spanish Arabic al the + manākh calendar < ?

Origin of almanac¹

C14: from Medieval Latin almanachus, perhaps from Late Greek almenikhiaka

The Almanac also tells us it would be a good time to perform demolitions, if you had any of those planned.

Kornacki, on the other hand, appears to be far more comfortable with the kind of arcana found in The Almanac of American Politics.

His Almanac was preferred to that of Leadbeater, or any other calculator cotemporary with himself.

The Indian, when he hears these lessons, will do well to say to his guide that he will have none of his almanac.

Let us take, for example, a copy of that popular almanac for the year of grace 1749.

His acquisitive mind was never idle, and in 1732 he began the publication of the celebrated "Poor Richard's Almanac."

The mania for celebration became so great that reference was frequently made to the almanac.

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