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Calendar Month 


~ CALENDAE  lat KALENDAE = ONSET OF A MONTH
^           biol> bot CALENDULA denotes
                  A PLANT WITH MONTHLY BLOOMS
~ CALENDAR  lat CALENDARIUM = AN ACCOUNT BOOK
                KALENDE   or
                CALENDE   CALENDAR
            sp  CAER      TO FALL as in THE FALL SEASON
                TIME CAN BE INCISIVELY DECISIVE
  hx> MOST EARLY CALENDARS REFLECTED THE CYCLES OF THE MOON
      AND CORRECTIONS BECAME NECESSARY           sug> METON
  THE JULIAN CALENDAR a name in honor of JULIUS CAESAR
  is a system of ADDING ONE DAY TO EVERY 4th YEAR
  increasing the number of yearly days from 365 to 366
  in 1584 POPE GREGORIUS INTRODUCED A CORRECTION
  KNOWN AS THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR
  THE JULIAN CALENDAR SYSTEM IS RETAINED BY
  CONSERVATIVE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
  sug> ALMANAC  EPHEMERIS  EPHEMERAL





 

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