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new style calendar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
new style -cal-en-dar
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

Synonyms

Gregorian calendar

Questions

What does new style calendar mean?
the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

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