common year

American  

noun

1. an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.

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Etymology

Origin of common year

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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common year

Likewise, the Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months, which includes a 13th month consisting of only 5 days in a common year and 6 days in a leap year.

From Fox News ● Feb. 29, 2020

These kinds of changes are common year to year in the current marketplace, since employers are constantly looking for ways to limit their own expenses in the face of rising costs.

From Time ● Jun. 24, 2010

Add 4,000 to the common year; thus, for 1903, write: A. L. 5903.

From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by George Thornburgh

Article 2.—The common year is abolished from civil usage.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

But every common year consists of 365 days, or 52 weeks and 1 day, so that the following year will begin one day later in the week than the year preceding.

From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer