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61ad kalendas Graecas — /ahd kah len dahs grdduy kahs/; Eng. /ad keuh len deuhs gree keuhs/, Latin. at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends. [lit., at the Greek calends] * * * …
62Chair of Peter — • From the earliest times the Church at Rome celebrated on 18 January the memory of the day when the Apostle held his first service with the faithful of the Eternal City Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chair of Peter C …
63A.D. — A.D. † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Abbreviations ► Abbreviation in Catacomb Inscriptions Ante Diem (e.g. in the phrase, Ante Diem VI [or Sextum] Kal. Apriles , is equivalent to the sixth day before the Calends of April,… …
64calendar — 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… …
65kalends — n. calends, first day of the month (according to the ancient Roman calendar); time that will never come (because the Greeks had no calends) …
66Januar (Jänner) — 1. Ach, lieber Jänner, sei doch recht kalt und mach einen Fenner bei Jung und Alt. (Wohlau.) – Boebel, 74. 2. Am zehnten Jänner Sonnenschein bringt viel Korn und Wein. 3. Der Jänner ist ein Holzverbrenner. (Luzern.) 4. Der Jänner hat viel Mützen… …
67Weihnachten — 1. Besser die Weihnachten knistern, als dass sie flüstern. Besser Frost als Regenwetter. Böhm.: Lepší Vánoce třeskuté nežli tekuté. (Čelakovsky, 457.) 2. Bis Weihnacht gibt es Speck und Brot, nachher kommt Kält und Noth. In der Herzegowina heisst …
68kalends, Greek — Greek kalends or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends …
69Greek kalends — or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends …
70kalends, Greek — Greek kalends or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends …
