civil year
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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
Abib, ā′bib, n. the first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the seventh of the civil year, later called Nisan, answering to parts of March and April.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
Many authors confound the year of Rome with the civil year, supposing them both to begin on the 1st of January.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
This made three days taken off the 400 years, and in consequence the mean value of the civil year is reduced to 365·2425 days, which is not far from the true tropical year.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by John F. Blake
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