civil year
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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
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
A′bib, the first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year, corresponding to the latter part of March and the first of April.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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
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
