kalends
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"But on thy kalends, why are men, so harsh on other days, Keen to return the kindly look, and change the friendly phrase?"
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
She departed this life on the 15 kalends of December, being 66 y�eres of age.
From Chronicles 1 (of 6): The Historie of England 5 (of 8) The Fift Booke of the Historie of England. by Holinshed, Raphael
That was the thirteenth day before the kalends of April.
From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)
"The sixth day before the kalends, he shall claim his own," so it answered.
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
Then he tells his friend very abruptly that his father died that year on the eighth day before the kalends of December—on the 24th of November.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
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