kalends

/ ˈkælɪndz /

plural noun

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About the twelfth century the Feast of the Kalends was conducted by actors having hideous beards over their faces.

He has been a member of this household for forty years, and punctually on the Kalends of March in every year his cough turns up.

He had an unconscious desire that it might be postponed to some Greek kalends, and yet he did not wish to injure Lily.

He also mentions the lunar cycle, and uses the dominical letter with the kalends of several years.

Special sacrifices were offered on the kalends, nones, and ides of every month, and on the occasion of important family events.

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