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intercalary year

noun as in leap year

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The five intercalary years between Ramsay's commencing in business on his own account and his marriage, were those which may properly be designated his intellectual seedtime.

In intercalary years the first seven months commence one day later.

They are also partitioned into cycles of 30 years, 19 of which are common years of 354 days each, and the other 11 are intercalary years having an additional day appended to the last month.

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.

But to quit this episode, and to return to my intercalary year of happiness. 

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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