new style

new style
adjective
Usage: usually capitalized N&S
: using or according to the Gregorian calender — abbr. N.S.

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time reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Cf. old style (def. 2).
[1605-15]

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New Style see ↑style
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New Style,
the method of reckoning time according to the Gregorian calendar, adopted in England, and generally throughout the English-speaking world, in 1752. Abbr: N.S.

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(abbr.: NS) n. the method of calculating dates using the Gregorian calendar. It superseded the use of the Julian calendar in Scotland in England in 1752

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