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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in Rome in 46 BC, having a year of 12 months and 365 days and a leap year of 366 days every fourth year. It was eventually replaced by the Gregorian calendar.
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- noun The
calendar which was used in thewestern world before the present-dayGregorian calendar . The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4years asleap years .
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- noun the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
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Named after Julius Caesar who introduced the calendar in 46 B.C.
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