calends
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkæləndz/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈkælɪndz/
Noun
  1. Often with initial capital: the first day of a month
    Synonyms: Kal., first calends
    The third day before the calends of February is 30 January, the third calends of March is 27 or 28 February, and the third of the calends of May is 29 April.
    1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the first day of a month of the Roman#Adjective|Roman calendar.
  2. (by extension) A day for settle#Verb|settling debts and other account#Noun|accounts.
    • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of England, with the Assembly ↗”, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […] in Two Books: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604 ↗:
      To expedite theſe knots were worthy a learned and memorable Synod; while our enemies expect to ſee the expectation of the Church tir'd out with dependencies and independencies how they will compound, and in what Calends.
  3. (by extension, biblical, Judaism, obsolete) Synonym of Rosh Hodesh#English|Rosh Hodesh (“the Jewish festival of the new moon#Noun|moon, which begins the months of the Hebrew calendar”)
  4. (rare) Synonym of calendar#English|calendar; (figuratively) an account, a record#Noun|record.
  5. (figuratively, obsolete) The first day of something; a beginning#Noun|beginning.
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Translations Noun
  1. (obsolete, rare) plural form of calend



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