civil year
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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
In the solar or civil year, each sign had its day, but as the computation of years passed by, each sign in due rotation ruled during one year.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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 Blake, John F.
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
Appendix A. i—The civil year is that which is employed in chronology, and varies among different nations, both in respect of the seasons at which it commences and of its subdivisions.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
