civil year
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Had the intercalations been regularly made the concurrence of the solar and the civil year would have been preserved very nearly.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
A′dar, the twelfth month of the Hebrew sacred and sixth of the civil year, answering to part of February and part of March.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Hence, did the civil year always consist of 365 days, then the ecclesiastical year would always contain either 364 or 371 days.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
Others again confound both the year of Rome and the civil year with the Julian year, which in fact became the civil year after the regulation of the calendar by Julius Caesar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
At the Roman. beginning of each civil year it was the duty of the consuls to vow to the gods games for the safety of the commonwealth, and the expenses were defrayed by the treasury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
