calends
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cal·ends 
[kal-uhndz] Pronunciation Key
[kal-uhndz] Pronunciation Key –noun (usually used with a plural verb)
) | the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides. |
Also, kalends.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME kalendes, alter. (with native pl. suffix) of L kalendae, perh. equiv. to cal- (base of calāre to proclaim) + -end- formative suffix (perh. for *-and-) + -ae pl. ending]
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| cal·ends also kal·ends
(kāl'əndz, kā'ləndz) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. calends also kalends The day of the new moon and the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Middle English kalendes, from Latin kalendae; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.] ca·len'dal (kə-lěn'dəl) adj. |
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Calends
Cal"ends\, n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. ??????. CF. Claim.] The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
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