calendry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The calculation and development of calendars, especially the determination of the timing of astronomical movements.
Uncountable
noun
A place set aside for calendering.
Example Sentences
- "It attained to cities, kingdoms, most metallurgical arts, some astronomy and calendry, and extraordinarily complex rituals."
- "Li Chunfeng mastered all sorts of subjects in youth and was an expert at calendry."
- "He will not again decorate his room with cheap prints and art calendry."
- "“Peak day” means that day during a calendry when demand is the greatest;"
- "And over these is spread a calendry, resembling a tent, made of wax-cloth, or oil-cloth, to defend them from rain and the heat of the sun."
- "The bustle, the dexterity, the alert force of the iron foundry, the glass furnace, the gunpowder mill, the silk calendry are as skilfully reproduced as the more tranquil toil of the dairywoman, the embroiderer, the confectioner, the setter of types, the compounder of drugs, the chaser of metals."
Etymology
From calendar + -ry.