Gregorian calendar

name
/ɡɹeˈɡɔːɹiən kæləndɚ/US

Etymology

Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.

Definitions

  1. The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was…

    The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for Gregorian calendar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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