civil year

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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

Chinese Chronology.—From the time of the emperor Yao, upwards of 2000 years B.C., the Chinese had two different years,—a civil year, which was regulated by the moon, and an astronomical year, which was solar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Now this discrepancy of 18 hours for the next 100 years, will cause the civil year in 1800 to be 12 hours behind; again suppressing the intercalation it will be 12 hours in advance.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

Since the Julian calendar was corrected by Gregory, in 1582, we have so intercalated as to retain, very nearly, the coincidence of the solar and the civil year.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

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.