JULIAN CALENDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Julian calendar mean? 

• JULIAN CALENDAR (noun)
  The noun JULIAN CALENDAR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JULIAN CALENDAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JULIAN CALENDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Julian calendar; Old Style calendar

Hypernyms ("Julian calendar" is a kind of...):

solar calendar (a calendar based on solar cycles)