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Elul

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

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Ab noun · 78% connection

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly…

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Abib noun · 78% connection

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

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Account noun · 78% connection

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Adar noun · 78% connection

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

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Annual adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

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

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Bissextile noun · 78% connection

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…

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Chisleu noun · 78% connection

The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "ci…

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December noun · 78% connection

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the c…

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Eve noun · 78% connection

The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve…

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February noun · 78% connection

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

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Fructidor noun · 78% connection

The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire.

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Hegira noun · 78% connection

The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any…

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Instant adjective · 78% connection

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

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June noun · 78% connection

The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.

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Junior noun · 78% connection

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…

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