Gregorian calendar

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noun

the reformed Julian calendar now in use, according to which the ordinary year consists of 365 days, and a leap year of 366 days occurs in every year whose number is exactly divisible by 4 except centenary years whose numbers are not exactly divisible by 400, as 1700, 1800, and 1900.

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Origin of Gregorian calendar

1640–50; named after Pope Gregory XIII; see -ian

Words nearby Gregorian calendar

gregarine, gregarious, Gregg, grego, Gregorian, Gregorian calendar, Gregorian chant, Gregorian mode, Gregorian telescope, Gregorian tone, Gregorian water

How to use Gregorian calendar in a sentence

Footnote 517: Applying the Gregorian Calendar, or "new style," it becomes the 21st.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Fiske.
A more important labour was his reformation of the Gregorian Calendar, which even later mathematicians have deemed correct.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli
Through it the Gregorian Calendar was introduced into England, in 1752, against a violent religious opposition.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science|John William Draper
He introduced also the use of the Gregorian Calendar, and gave great encouragement to the cultivation of letters.
The Valleys of Tirol|R. H. Busk

The corresponding day in the Gregorian Calendar would be July 27.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs|Sylvanus Griswold Morley

British Dictionary definitions for Gregorian calendar

Gregorian calendar

noun

the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four, except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400

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