calendar month

2 definitions found

calendar month - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.
     kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,
     OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See
     Calends.]
     1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to
        the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and
        days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an
        almanac.
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     2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,
        offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are
        liable to change yearly according to the varying date of
        Easter.
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     3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
        events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a
        calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
        calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar
        of a college or an academy.
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     Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
           tempests of state. --Bacon.
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     Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and
        month.
  
     Calendar month. See under Month.
  
     French Republican calendar. See under Vend['e]miaire.
  
     Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar
     . See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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calendar month - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calendar month
      n 1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid
           the bill last month" [syn: calendar month, month]