calendar month

calendar month
    n 1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid
         the bill last month" [syn: {calendar month}, {month}]
    

Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.
   kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,
   OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See
   {Calends}.]
   1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to
      the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and
      days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an
      almanac.
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   2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,
      offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are
      liable to change yearly according to the varying date of
      Easter.
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   3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
      events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a
      calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
      calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar
      of a college or an academy.
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   Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
         tempests of state. --Bacon.
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   {Calendar clock}, one that shows the days of the week and
      month.

   {Calendar month}. See under {Month}.

   {French Republican calendar}. See under {Vend['e]miaire}.

   {Gregorian calendar}, {Julian calendar}, {Perpetual
   calendar}. See under {Gregorian}, {Julian}, and {Perpetual}.
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