ecclesiastical calendar

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a calendar based on the lunisolar cycle, used by many Christian churches in determining the dates for the movable feasts.

Also called church calendar. a calendar of the Christian year, indicating the days and seasons for fasts and festivals.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Newton was born during a 150-year-period where England used a different calendar from the rest of Europe.
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So here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular.
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Her Facebook photos could populate a tame “girls with guns” style calendar.
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The archbishop of Manila sends to the king (July 30, 1621) an account of ecclesiastical and some other affairs in his diocese.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
John Alphonsus Turretini died; professor of ecclesiastical history at Geneva, distinguished for his learning.
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Condition of the archbishopric of Manila in regard to the affairs of ecclesiastical and secular government.
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Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.
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Visitation of the ecclesiastical cabildo, clergy of Manila, and province of Pampanga.
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