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cal⋅ends

  [kal-uhndz]
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–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)   
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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