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   jolliness
         n 1: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn:
               {jollity}, {jolliness}, {joviality}]

English Dictionary: Julian calendar by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Julian calendar
n
  1. the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
    Synonym(s): Julian calendar, Old Style calendar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jelly \Jel"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jellied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jellying}.]
      To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of
      jelly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewel \Jew"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jeweled}, or {Jewelled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Jeweling}, or {Jewelling}.]
      To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a
      sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewel \Jew"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jeweled}, or {Jewelled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Jeweling}, or {Jewelling}.]
      To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a
      sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolliness \Jol"li*ness\, n.
      Jollity; noisy mirth. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Julian \Jul"ian\ (?; 277) a. [L. Julianus, fr. Julius. Cf.
      {July}, {Gillian}.]
      Relating to, or derived from, Julius C[91]sar.
  
      {Julian calendar}, the calendar as adjusted by Julius
            C[91]sar, in which the year was made to consist of 365
            days, each fourth year having 366 days.
  
      {Julian epoch}, the epoch of the commencement of the Julian
            calendar, or 46 b. c.
  
      {Julian period}, a chronological period of 7,980 years,
            combining the solar, lunar, and indiction cycles (28 x 19
            x 15 = 7,980), being reckoned from the year 4713 B. C.,
            when the first years of these several cycles would
            coincide, so that if any year of the period be divided by
            28, 19, or 15, the remainder will be the year of the
            corresponding cycle. The Julian period was proposed by
            Scaliger, to remove or avoid ambiguities in chronological
            dates, and was so named because composed of Julian years.
           
  
      {Julian year}, the year of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the
            Julian calendar, and in use until superseded by the
            Gregorian year, as established in the reformed or
            Gregorian calendar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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.
  
      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.
  
      Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
               tempests of state. --Bacon.
  
      {Calendar clock}, one that shows the days of the week and
            month.
  
      {Calendar month}. See under {Month}.
  
      {French Republican calendar}. See under {Vend[82]miaire}.
  
      {Gregorian calendar}, {Julian calendar}, {Perpetual
      calendar}. See under {Gregorian}, {Julian}, and {Perpetual}.
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