civil year

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The civil year consisted in general of twelve months or lunations, but occasionally a thirteenth was added in order to preserve its correspondence with the solar year.

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

Tisri, tiz′ri, n. the first month of the Jewish civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, corresponding to part of September and October.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

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