Julian calendar

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Etymology

Named after Julius Caesar who introduced the calendar in 46 BCE.

Proper noun

the Julian calendar

  1. The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.
    Hypernym: calendar
    Hyponym: proleptic Julian calendar
    • 2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68:
      That brings back memories of my visit to the remote Scottish island of Foula. The most westerly of the Shetlands, it still officially adheres to the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind our habitual Gregorian one. These days, the islanders only use the former for Christmas and New Year celebrations, when all 38 of them gather in one house on January 7 and 14 (in lieu of December 25 and January 1).

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