intercalary year
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These are fifty-four in number, one for each Sabbath of the Jewish intercalary year, while on common years two of the smaller sections are united.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
He abolished also with one short verse of the Kuran the intercalary year, which had been in use among the Faithful during the whole of his Medinan rule.
From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Gladys M. Draycott
But to quit this episode, and to return to my intercalary year of happiness.
From Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
