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Definition of Lunar year
1. Noun. A period of 12 lunar months.
Definition of Lunar year
1. Noun. a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the earth around the sun ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Year
Literary usage of Lunar year
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Of the lunar year and Luni-solar Periods.—The lunar year, consisting of twelve
... The lunar year, therefore, contained 354 days, falling short of the exact ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"For religious purposes the lunar year begins with its first lunar day: for civil
purposes it begins with its first civil day, the relation of which to the ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"On the second, the lunar year has begun 11 days before the solar year, ...
Thus, to adjust the lunar year to the solar through the whole of 19 years, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The lunar year, consisting of twelve lunar months, contains only 354 days; ...
The lunar year, therefore, contained 354 days, falling short of the exact ..."
5. Astronomy by Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden (1883)
"As we find two different systems of months to have been used, so we may divide
the calendar years into three classes, namely: (1) The lunar year, ..."
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