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calends
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CALENDS
n.plu. Among the Romans, the fist day of each month. The origin of this name is differently related. Varro supposes it to have originated in the practice of notifying the time of the new moon, by a priest who called out or proclaimed the fact, to the people, and the number of the calends, or the day of the nones. Others alledge that the people be convened, the pontifex proclaimed the several feasts or holidays in the month; a custom which was discontinued in the year of Rom 45 , when the fasti or calendar was set up in public places, to give notice of the festivals.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALENDS
Cal "ends, n. pl. Etym: [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. Claim. ]
Defn: The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends. ] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
New American Oxford Dictionary
calends
cal ends |ˈkaləndz, ˈkā -ˈkɑlɛndz |(also kalends ) ▶plural noun the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. ORIGIN Old English (denoting an appointed time ): from Old French calendes, from Latin kalendae, calendae ‘first day of the month ’ (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed ); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein ‘call, proclaim. ’
Oxford Dictionary
calends
calends |ˈkalɪndz |(also kalends ) ▶plural noun the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. ORIGIN Old English (denoting an appointed time ): from Old French calendes, from Latin kalendae, calendae ‘first day of the month ’ (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed ); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein ‘call, proclaim ’.
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