civil year
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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
Abib, ā′bib, n. the first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the seventh of the civil year, later called Nisan, answering to parts of March and April.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
A′dar, the twelfth month of the Hebrew sacred and sixth of the civil year, answering to part of February and part of March.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
He not only made the correction, but he so reformed the calendar that the solar and the civil year are now made to coincide very nearly.
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
