system of reckoning
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Or, to be more precise, his briss, which the inventor of the Anno Domini system of reckoning, a Scythian monk named Dennis the Diminutive, calculated--surely errantly--to have taken place on Jan. 1, A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a system of reckoning time was known centuries ago.
From The Revelation Explained by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)
By using this new system of reckoning, your illustrious but exceedingly narrow-minded and miserly father would be able to make five taels where he now makes one.
From The Wallet of Kai Lung by Bramah, Ernest
What change in the system of reckoning has been effected?
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.
We have our system of reckoning, you know.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
