Gregorian calendar

Gre·go·ri·an calendar  (gr-gôr-n, -gr-)

n.

The solar calendar in use throughout most of the world, sponsored by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 as a corrected version of the Julian calendar. See Table at calendar.

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Gregorian calendar

n

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Gregorian calendar - 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 New Style calendar solar calendar - a calendar based on solar cycles church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar Jan, January - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice Feb, February - the month following January and preceding March Mar, March - the month following February and preceding April Apr, April - the month following March and preceding May May - the month following April and preceding June June - the month following May and preceding July July - the month following June and preceding August Aug, August - the month following July and preceding September Sep, Sept, September - the month following August and preceding October Oct, October - the month following September and preceding November Nov, November - the month following October and preceding December Dec, December - the last (12th) month of the year

Translations

Gregorian calendar

n → gregorianischer Kalender