Calends

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The day of the new moon and the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the first day of a month.
  • n. the first day of a season.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In the Roman calendar, the first day of the month.
  • The beginning or first period.
  • In some translations of the Old Testament, the Jewish festival of the new moon.
  • A calendar or orderly record, primarily of dates, but also sometimes of other facts.
  • An appointed day; a day set for the payment of a debt or the payment of interest due.
  • Word Usage
    "As I have heard nothing of you since the Assyrian calends, which is much longer ago than the Greek, you may perhaps have died in"
    Cross Reference
    on    ides    nones   
    Variant
    kalends