calends

  • 11calends — /kal euhndz/, n. (usually used with a pl. v.) 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. [1325 75; ME kalendes, alter. (with native pl.… …

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  • 12calends — noun the first day of the Roman month …

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  • 13CALENDS —    the first day of the Roman month, so called as the day on which the feast days and unlucky days of the month were announced …

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  • 14calends — cal·ends || kælɪndz n. first day of the month (according to the ancient Roman calendar) …

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  • 15calends — [ kalɪndz] (also kalends) plural noun the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. Origin OE (denoting an appointed time): from OFr. calendes, from L. kalendae, calendae first day of the month (when the order of days was proclaimed) …

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  • 16calends — cal·ends …

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  • 17calends — cal•ends or kalends [[t]ˈkæl əndz[/t]] n. anq (often cap.) (usu. with a pl. v.) the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar • Etymology: 1325–75; ME kalendes < L kalendae (pl.), perh. akin to calāre to proclaim …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18calends — /ˈkæləndz/ (say kaluhndz) plural noun (in the Roman calendar) the first day of the month. Also, kalends. {Middle English kalendes (rarely singular), Old English cālend (beginning of) a month, from Latin calendae (usu. kalendae)} …

  • 19calends — The first day of the month in the Roman calendar …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 20calends — n.pl. (also kalends) the first of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. Etymology: ME f. OF calendes f. L kalendae …

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