Gregorian calendar

English

Etymology

Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.

Proper noun

Gregorian calendar

  1. 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

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