kalends
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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This It must be vpon the 10 kalends of Aprill, or else it will not concurre with Palmsunday.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England by Holinshed, Raphael
They and their bills, 'Arcadians both,' are left To the Greek kalends of another session.
From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
They commenced with the kalends; the nones occurred on the fifth, and the ides on the thirteenth, except in March, May, July, and October, when they fell on the seventh and fifteenth.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
We are not on quite such firm ground when we compare the Chinese kalends and ides with similar divisions of the Roman month.
From China and the Chinese by Giles, Herbert Allen
There, the seventh day before the kalends, in the middle hour of the night, you shall see a beacon-fire and near it my colors.
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
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