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calendric

 [kal-uhn-der]   Origin

cal·en·dar

   [kal-uhn-der]
noun
1.
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
2.
any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year. Compare Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar.
3.
a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
4.
a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
5.
Obsolete. a guide or example.
verb (used with object)
6.
to enter in a calendar; register.

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Also, kalendar.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English calender < Anglo-French < Latin calendārium account book, equivalent to Calend(ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary; see -ar2

Related forms
ca·len·dri·cal  [kuh-len-dri-kuhl] , ca·len·dric, cal·en·dar·i·al  [kal-uhn-dair-ee-uhl] , cal·en·dar·i·an, cal·en·dar·ic, adjective
un·cal·en·dared, adjective

Can be confused: calendar, calender, colander.

Synonyms
3. diary, schedule, program.

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calendar (ˈkælɪndə)
 
—n
1.  Gregorian calendar Jewish calendar Julian calendar Revolutionary calendar See also Roman calendar a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions
2.  a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3.  a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
 
—vb
4.  (tr) to enter in a calendar; schedule; register
 
[C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became due]
 
calendrical
 
—adj
 
ca'lendric
 
—adj

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Word Origin & History

calendar
c.1200, "system of division of the year;" mid-14c. as "table showing divisions of the year;" from O.Fr. calendier "list, register," from L. calendarium "account book," from calendae/kalendae "calends" the first day of the Roman month -- when debts fell due and accounts were reckoned -- from calare "to
EXPAND
announce solemnly, call out," as the priests did in proclaiming the new moon that marked the calends, from PIE base kele- "to call, shout" (see claim). Taken by the early Church for its register list of saints and their feast days. The -ar spelling in English is 17c. to differentiate it from the now obscure calender "cloth-presser" (see calender).
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calendar definition


  1. tv.
    to set a date for something; to put something on one's calendar or in one's diary. : I will calendar the date and try to be there on time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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