civil year
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Sebat, sē-bat′, n. the fifth month of the Jewish civil year, and the eleventh of the ecclesiastical year, falling in part of January and February.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Larger Image By the Gregorian rule of intercalation the coincidence of the solar and civil year is restored very nearly every 400 years.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
As an illustration let us take the case of the supposed solar year of 365 days, and the civil year of 366.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
It has already been stated that if the civil year correspond with the solar, the seasons of the year will always come at the same period.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
The civil year consisted in general of twelve months or lunations, but occasionally a thirteenth was added in order to preserve its correspondence with the solar year.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
