civil day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of civil day
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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The day was either civil or natural; the civil day was from midnight to midnight; the natural day was from the rising to the setting of the sun.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
But Plutarch, Pliny, Aulus Gellius, and Macrobius expressly say that the Roman civil day was reckoned from midnight to midnight.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
The Romans called the time between the rising and setting sun, the natural day; and the time in the twenty-four hours, the civil day.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 by Various
This is almost the only view compatible with the Hebrew civil day beginning at evening, but it would at once lengthen the day beyond twenty-four hours, and contradict the terms of the record.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William
Accordingly throughout the Hebrew Scriptures yom is generally the natural and not the civil day; and where the latter is intended, the compound terms "day and night" and "evening and morning" are frequently used.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William
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