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Definition of Calends
1. n. pl. The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.
Definition of Calends
1. Noun. the first day of the Roman month. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calends
1. the first day of the Roman month [n CALENDS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calends
Literary usage of Calends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"An easy method of finding the calends, Nones, and Ides, of any month in the year.
The denomination of calends, Nones, and Ides, ..."
2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"... feast is kept on the second of the calends of August [31st July]. ... on the
twelfth of the calends of November [21st October],1 he was succeeded by ..."
3. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"For, on the twelfth day before the calends of the present month of August, by
command of our most dearly beloved son in Christ Frederic, the illustrious ..."
4. The Cambrian Journal by Cambrian Institute (1855)
"Thence until the calends of December it is 12 pence in value. Until the calends
of Feb. it is 18 pence in value. Until the calends of May it is 24 pence in ..."
5. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Sir Egerton Brydges (1806)
"The year of the incarnation of Christ 1075 on the calends of March, ... On1 the
calends of September, allowed at Acre, on the way to Jerusalem, ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... oracles and devils, what should befall them the next calends — what should be
the event of such a voyage, &c. &c. Against this he opposes his cows. eel, ..."
7. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"... according to the Julian division in our common almanacks, commencing at the
calends of each month, whereof in a year there are only twelve. ..."
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