HyperDic: ecclesiastical_calendar

English > 1 sense of the expression ecclesiastical calendar:
NOUNtimeecclesiastical calendar, church calendara calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
English > ecclesiastical calendar: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningA calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals.
Synonymchurch calendar
PartsAdventThe season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
Holy Week, Passion WeekThe week before Easter
Lent, LententideA period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Shrovetideimmediately preceding Lent
Whitsun, Whitsuntide, WhitweekChristian holiday
BroaderGregorian calendar, New Style calendarThe solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years
Spanishcalendario eclesial

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict