Gregorian calendar
English
Etymology
Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.
Proper noun
- The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
Synonyms
- Christian calendar
Hyponyms
- proleptic Gregorian calendar
Translations
calendar
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