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Gregorian calendar
[ gri-gawr-ee-uhn kal-uhn-der ]
noun
- the reformed Julian calendar now in use, according to which the ordinary year consists of 365 days, and a leap year of 366 days occurs in every year whose number is exactly divisible by 4 except centenary years whose numbers are not exactly divisible by 400, such as 1700, 1800, and 1900.
Gregorian calendar
noun
- the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four, except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gregorian calendar1
First recorded in 1640–50; named after Pope Gregory XIII; -ian
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Example Sentences
Footnote 517: Applying the Gregorian Calendar, or "new style," it becomes the 21st.
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A more important labour was his reformation of the Gregorian Calendar, which even later mathematicians have deemed correct.
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Through it the Gregorian Calendar was introduced into England, in 1752, against a violent religious opposition.
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He introduced also the use of the Gregorian Calendar, and gave great encouragement to the cultivation of letters.
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The corresponding day in the Gregorian Calendar would be July 27.
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