civil year
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From 6 hours in advance in 1700, the civil year falls back to 12 hours behind the solar in 1800, consequently they must coincide in 1733.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
Had the intercalations been regularly made the concurrence of the solar and the civil year would have been preserved very nearly.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
From close examination it will become evident that the solar and the civil year coincide twice every 400 years, though no account is made of it in computation.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
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
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
