Julian Calendar Definition

noun
The calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., in which the ordinary year had 365 days: the months were the same as in the Gregorian, or New Style, calendar now used.
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Synonyms:
  • Old Style calendar

Origin of Julian Calendar

  • Named after Julius Caesar who introduced the calendar in 46 B.C.

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Julian Calendar Sentence Examples

  • The calendar was the Syro-Macedonian, a solar, as distinct from the primitive lunar, calendar, which Roman influence disseminated throughout Syria; it was practically a reproduction of the Julian calendar.

  • In The Julian Calendar The Dominical Letters Are Readily Found By Means Of A Short Cycle, In Which They Recur In The Same Order Without Interruption.

  • Hence In The Julian Calendar The Dominical Letter Is Given By The Equation L= 7M 3 X () W This Equation Gives The Dominical Letter Of Any Year From The Commencement Of The Era To The Reformation.

  • In The Protestant States Of Germany The Julian Calendar Was Adhered To Till The Year 1700, When It Was Decreed By The Diet Of Regensburg That The New Style And The Gregorian Correction Of The Intercalation Should Be Adopted.

  • The era began on the 11th of July 552, and their year is vague, that is to say, it does not intercalate a day in February every fourth year, like the Julian calendar.

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