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Calends

/ˈkæləndz/

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

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📖 Definitions of "Calends"

noun

1
Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
"The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars."
2
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
"Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall."
3
A list of planned events.
"The club has a busy calendar this year."
4
An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
"a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court"

noun

1
Often with initial capital: the first day of a month
"The third day before the calends of February is 30 January, the third calends of March is 27 or 28 February, and the third of the calends of May is 29 April."
2
(by extension) A day for settling debts and other accounts.
3
(by extension) Synonym of Rosh Hodesh
4
The first day of something; a beginning.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Calends"

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Word	Definition
beginning of daynoun	(often) The start of the workday.
dawningnoun	The first beginnings of something.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
incipitnoun	The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
primenoun	(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
opening nightnoun	The first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.
beginverb	(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
begincementnoun	(archaic, nonstandard, childish or dialectal) The beginning.
phasisnoun	The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.
prathamanoun	(Hinduism) The first day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
epochnoun	A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
new yearnoun	In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.
new moonnoun	The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
first-day covernoun	(philately) Alternative form of first day cover. [(philately) A letter or card with a new stamp, postmarked on the day that the stamp was first issued.]
firstlingnoun	The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
principlenoun	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
openingnoun	An act or instance of making or becoming open.
first lightnoun	The time when light first appears in the morning; dawn, especially the start of dawn.
openernoun	A person who opens something.