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
How To Use Gregorian calendar In A Sentence
- Today's Gregorian calendar derives from the Babylonian, Egyptian, Jewish and Roman calendars.
- As a result, accordingthe Gregorian calendar calculations the Islamic festival is no fixed period of time.
- According to the Gregorian calendar, which is the civil calendar in use today, years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400.
- Today's Gregorian calendar derives from the Babylonian, Egyptian, Jewish and Roman calendars.
- Month: Means a Gregorian calendar month.
- Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar.
- All I know, like the protestors when the Julian became the Gregorian calendar, is that I must have missed something.
- It is an alien model which exhibits a useful correlation between lunations, phases of horticultural activity and Gregorian calendar months - but it is based on a comparison that does not arise in people's minds.
- The Islamic calendar has fewer days than the Gregorian calendar.
- With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.
