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

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 Thornburgh, George

The intercalary period is 33 years,—one day being added to the common year seven times successively at the end of four years, and the eighth intercalation being deferred till the end of the fifth year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

There has been no irregularity in the recurrence of leap year every four years since 1800, except in 1900, which was a common year, although it came fourth after the preceding leap year.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph