December: alternatives and connections

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was ca…

The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiair…

The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty…

Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weathe…

Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-…

A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant…

The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.

Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or…

Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hi…