"calendar" Definition

Definitions for the word "calendar" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 system fixing the year''s beginning, length, and subdivision. 2 chart etc. Showing such subdivisions. 3 timetable of dates, events, etc. v. Enter in a calendar; register (documents). [latin: related to *calends]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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