Julian calendar
the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
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- Compare Gregorian calendar.
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How to use Julian calendar in a sentence
The whole question is more or less complicated by the fact that the Julian calendar was in use.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonIt probably began about the 10th of March, at that period about the time of the vernal equinox, according to the Julian calendar.
The Julian year is a year of the Julian calendar, in which there is leap year every fourth year.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) | Augustus De MorganAccording to the Julian calendar, which was then in use, July 25 fell seven or eight days later than now.
In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2) | Fridtjof NansenThe inventor of the calendar ordered that it should be known as the "Julian calendar," and it is so called, even unto this day.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for Julian calendar
the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 bc, identical to the present calendar in all but two aspects: the beginning of the year was not fixed on Jan 1 and leap years occurred every fourth year and in every centenary year: Compare Gregorian calendar
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