common year

American  

noun

1. an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.

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Etymology

Origin of common year

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Likewise, the Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months, which includes a 13th month consisting of only 5 days in a common year and 6 days in a leap year.

From Fox News • Feb. 29, 2020

These kinds of changes are common year to year in the current marketplace, since employers are constantly looking for ways to limit their own expenses in the face of rising costs.

From Time • Jun. 24, 2010

Add 4,000 to the common year; thus, for 1903, write: A. L. 5903.

From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by Thornburgh, George

Lloyd recounted the story about the foundling that came to be called Sunshine by the old Abbess Mariot, in the common year of 2640.

From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.

Article 2.—The common year is abolished from civil usage.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne