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[syn: calendar month, month]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.
kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,
OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See
Calends.]
1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to
the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and
days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an
almanac.
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2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,
offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are
liable to change yearly according to the varying date of
Easter.
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3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a
calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar
of a college or an academy.
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Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
tempests of state. --Bacon.
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Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and
month.
Calendar month. See under Month.
French Republican calendar. See under Vend['e]miaire.
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual
calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calendar month
n 1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid
the bill last month" [syn: calendar month, month]