calendar month
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calendar month
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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This is the name given to the second full Moon in a calendar month.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Additionally, the Met Office said that Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire had their wettest calendar month ever recorded in a series going back to 1836.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024
The phrase does not describe the color of the moon; instead, it refers to the second full moon occurring in one calendar month.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
Holi is celebrated at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Falgun.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Sutton was sentenced to one calendar month, and Styggles to seven days’ imprisonment.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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