Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or proceeding by sixties.
- adjective Sexagenarian.
- noun A sexagenarian.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the number sixty; composed of or proceeding by sixties; specifically, sixty years old; sexagenarian. Also
sexagenal . - noun A sexagenarian.
- noun A thing composed of sixty parts or containing sixty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
- adjective See under
Sexagesimal . - adjective (Math.) a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.
- noun Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
- noun A sexagenarian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or pertaining to the number
sixty ; composed of, or proceeding by sixties - adjective
sexagenarian - noun
sexagesimal - noun sexagenarian
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We may add that the Chinese do not commence their sexagenary cycle, into which they have introduced arrangement, till the reign of the Emperor Iao, two thousand three hundred and fifty-seven years before our vulgar era.
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I am with the sexagenary of White's, et de cette maniere je passe le temps assez tranquillement.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Years are reckoned either from the beginning of the reign of the emperor, or from their place in the cycle of 60 years. the sexagenary cycle was devised by Ta-nao, minister of Hwang-ti, the sixty-first year of whose reign (2637 B.C.) was taken for the first cyclical sign.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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I am with the sexagenary of White's, et de cette maniere je passe le temps assez tranquillement.
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Two cycles in the sexagenary system of reckoning constitute
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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The basis of this belief are that, in A.D. 284, according to the Japanese chronology -- a date to which must be added two sexagenary cycles, bringing it to A.D. 404 -- the King of Kudara sent two fine horses to the Yamato sovereign, and the man who accompanied them,
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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The adoption of the Chinese sexagenary cycle is not unnatural, but again and again speeches made by Chinese sovereigns and sages are put into the mouths of Japanese monarchs as original utterances, so that without the Records for purposes of reference and comparison, even the small measure of solid ground that can be constructed would be cut from under the student's feet.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Japan have exposed a mistake of at least 120 years connected with the earliest employment of the sexagenary cycle in Japan.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Comparison with Korean history goes to indicate that the reign is antedated by just 120 years, or two of the sexagenary cycles, but of course such a correction cannot be applied to every incident of the era.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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The sexagenary cycle came into use in China in 623 B.C.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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