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Civil year   /sˈɪvəl jɪr/   Listen
Civil year

noun
1.
The year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar.  Synonym: calendar year.






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... according to the old fashion, the intercalary month of 23 days had been inserted in February, the whole intercalation in this year was 90 days. Caesar made the reformed year consist of 365 days, and he directed one day to be intercalated in every fourth year (quarto quoque anno) in order that the civil year, which began on the 1st of January, might agree with the solar year. The old practice of intercalating a month was of course dropped. The year B.C. 46 was a year of 445 days. By this reformation, says Dion Cassius, all error was avoided except a very small one, and he adds, ...
— Plutarch's Lives Volume III. • Plutarch



Words linked to "Civil year" :   year, twelvemonth, yr, date, calendar year



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