- Jewish calendar
- noun Date: circa 1888 a calendar in use among Jewish peoples that is reckoned from the year 3761 B.C. and dates in its present form from about A.D. 360 — see month table
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Jewish calendar
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Jewish Calendar — • Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jewish Calendar Jewish Calendar … Catholic encyclopedia
Jewish calendar — Jew ish cal en*dar A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation. Note: It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jewish calendar — n. a calendar used by the Jews in calculating Jewish history, holidays, etc., based on the lunar month and reckoned from 3761 B.C., the traditional date of the Creation: see the Jewish calendar in the Reference Supplement … English World dictionary
Jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 B.C. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century A.D., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year), 354 days (regular… … Universalium
Jewish calendar — noun (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years • Syn: ↑Hebrew calendar • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
Jewish calendar month — noun a month in the Jewish calendar • Hypernyms: ↑calendar month, ↑month • Hyponyms: ↑Tishri, ↑Heshvan, ↑Kislev, ↑Chislev, ↑Tebet, ↑Tevet, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Jewish calendar — noun The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, Yahrzeits, and which set of Psalms should be read each day … Wiktionary
Jewish calendar — lunar based calendar which is used in the Jewish religion to determine the dates of holidays and other important events … English contemporary dictionary
Jewish Calendar — Months Days Tishri 30 Cheshvan 29 or 30 Kislev 29 or 30 Tebet 29 Shebat 30 Adar 29 Nisan 30 Iyyar 29 Sivan 30 Tammuz 29 Ab 30 Elul 29 Note: The date of the new year varies, but normally falls in the second half of… … International financial encyclopaedia
Jewish calendar — Jew′ish cal′endar n. jud a calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from the traditional date of the Creation (corresponding to 3761 b.c.) • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
