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Webster 1913 Edition


Calendar

Cal′en-dar

,
Noun.
[OE.
kalender
,
calender
, fr. L.
kalendarium
an interest or account book (cf. F.
calendrier
, OF.
calendier
) fr. L.
calendue
,
kalendae
, calends. See
Calends
.]
1.
An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.
2.
(Eccl.)
A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints’ days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.
3.
An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule;
as, a
calendar
of state papers; a
calendar
of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
calendar
of causes arranged for trial in court; a
calendar
of a college or an academy
.
Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
Bacon.
Calendar clock
,
one that shows the days of the week and month.
Calendar month
.
See under
Month
.
French Republican calendar
.
See under
Vendémiaire
.
Gregorian calendar
,
Julian calendar
,
Perpetual calendar
.
See under
Gregorian
,
Julian
, and
Perpetual
.

Cal′en-dar

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calendared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Calendaring
.]
To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
Waterhouse.

Webster 1828 Edition


Calendar

CALENDAR

,
Noun.
1.
A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in order, with the feasts observed by the church, &c.; an almanack. It was so named from the Roman Calendoe, the name given to the first day of the month, and written, in large letters, at the head of each month. [See Calends.]
2.
A list of prisoners in the custody of the sheriff.
3.
An orderly table or enumeration of persons of things. Calendar-month, a solar month as it stands in Almanacks.

CALENDAR

,
Verb.
T.
To enter or write in a calendar.

Definition 2024


calendar

calendar

English

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

  1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
    We currently use the Gregorian calendar.
  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.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Francis Bacon, (Please provide the title of the work):
      Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess:
      The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. [] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
    a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly;  a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court
  5. (US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

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Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

  1. (law) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.
    The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.
  2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Waterhouse to this entry?)

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Romanian

Alternative forms

  • (popular) călindar

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calendārium. Compare the inherited doublet cărindar.

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

  1. calendar
  2. almanac

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