lunar calendar
noun
lunar calendars
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pluralof lunar calendar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The new moon is an important part of cultures and religions that use lunar calendars, typically marking the beginning or ending of a cycle.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
Moreover, “Lunar New Year” is imprecise, as there are multiple lunar calendars worldwide, they state.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
However, lunar calendars remained in use in other cultures, and Islamic calendars, for example, are still primarily lunar rather than solar.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Easter's date fluctuates not least thanks to attempts to harmonise those solar and lunar calendars, with the issue further complicated by the fact that different strands of Christianity use different formulae for their calculations.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2016
Epping and Strassmaier have translated and elucidated a series of Babylonian lunar calendars of dates between the first and second centuries before our era.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
