| What does new style calendar mean? | we found 1 entry for the meaning of new style calendar |
New Style calendar noun
the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory
XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar
by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15,
and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400
should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and
the American colonies in 1752 [syn: Gregorian calendar]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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