ecclesiastical calendar — 1. a calendar based on the lunisolar cycle, used by many Christian churches in determining the dates for the movable feasts. 2. Also called church calendar. a calendar of the Christian year, indicating the days and seasons for fasts and festivals … Universalium
Ecclesiastical Feasts — Ecclesiastical Feasts † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Feasts (Lat. Festum; Gr. heorte). Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history… … Catholic encyclopedia
ecclesiastical year — see under ↑year • • • Main Entry: ↑ecclesia ecclesiastical year The year as arranged in the ecclesiastical calendar, with the saints days, festivals, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑year … Useful english dictionary
calendar — Synonyms and related words: Chinese calendar, Cotsworth calendar, Domesday Book, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Roman calendar, account book, address book, adversaria … Moby Thesaurus
calendar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. almanac; diary, journal, log; register, schedule; docket. See chronometry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. timetable, schedule, datebook, appointment book, diary, Filofax (trademark), chronology, log, logbook … English dictionary for students
calendar customs — Those which take place once a year, at a particular date or season; also called seasonal customs. Examples are bonfires on *November the Fifth, *wassailing apple trees on *Twelfth Night, or sending *valentine cards on 14 February. They are… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Ecclesiastical Annals — Ecclesiastical Annals † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Annals The historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: chronicles, annals, and lives of the saints. CHRONICLES Chronicles… … Catholic encyclopedia
calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any … Universalium
Ecclesiastical new moon — An ecclesiastical new moon is the first day of a schematic lunar month in a computus. Such months have a variable number of whole days, 29 or 30, whereas true synodic months can vary from about 29.27 to 29.83 days in length. Medieval authors… … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario — The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada s four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil Province of Ontario, and… … Wikipedia
