Month: 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.

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

A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

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…

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…

The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between…

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

One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight dig…

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, an…

A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…

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…