civil year
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Adar, ā′dar, n. the twelfth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the sixth of the civil, year, corresponding to the later part of February and the first part of March.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Year—If the civil year correspond with the solar the seasons of the year will always come at the same period.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
Ab, ab, n. the eleventh month of the Jewish civil year, and the fifth of the ecclesiastical year, answering to parts of July and August.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
This would indeed be the case if the mean value of the civil year of the Julian calendar was exactly equal to the tropical year.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
As an illustration let us take the case of the supposed solar year of 365 days, and the civil year of 366.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
