PROEMPTOSIS
\pɹə͡ʊmptˈə͡ʊsɪs], \pɹəʊmptˈəʊsɪs], \p_ɹ_əʊ_m_p_t_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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A happening before, applied to the lunar equation or addition of a day to the calendar every 330 years, and another every 2400 years, in order to prevent the new moon being reckoned as happening a day too soon; the opposite of metemptosis.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Sarah Tittle Bolton
- An American poet; born Newport, Ky., Dec. 18, 1815; died in Ind., Aug. 4, 1893. She is known for her patriotic and war poems, including: "Paddle Your Own Canoe"; "Left on the Battlefield"; etc. "Poems"(New York, 1865; Indianapolis, 1886).