kalends
Britishplural noun
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They were formerly dated by kalends and from the era of the Incarnation, which begins on the 25th of March, but in 1908 Pius X. ordered them to be dated according to the common era.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
This year was King Edward slain at even-tide, at Corfe-gate, on the fifteenth before the kalends of April, and then was he buried at Wareham, without any kind of kingly honours.
From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)
This year died Living the eloquent bishop, on the tenth before the kalends of April, and he had three bishoprics; one in Devonshire, and in Cornwall, and in Worcester.
From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)
If the enemy of the gods, Athanasius, remains in Egypt after the kalends of December," it ran, "you and your troops shall pay a hundred pounds in gold.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
She departed this life on the 15 kalends of December, being 66 y�eres of age.
From Chronicles 1 (of 6): The Historie of England 5 (of 8) The Fift Booke of the Historie of England. by Holinshed, Raphael
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