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Definition of Moslem calendar
1. Noun. The lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years.
Generic synonyms: Lunar Calendar
Terms within: Islamic Calendar Month, Moharram, Muharram, Muharrum, Safar, Saphar, Rabi I, Rabi Ii, Jomada I, Jumada I, Jomada Ii, Jumada Ii, Rajab, Sha'ban, Shaaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu Al-qadah, Dhu'l-qa'dah, Dhu Al-hijja, Dhu Al-hijjah, Dhu'l-hijja, Dhu'l-hijjah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moslem Calendar
Literary usage of Moslem calendar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... eighteenth century and hours for nightfall are now fixed annually by the Chief
Rabbi. THE moslem calendar The basic date oi the moslem calendar is the ..."
2. The Worship of Augustus Caesar: Derived from a Study of Coins, Monuments by Alexander Del Mar (1899)
"In AD 630 the moslem calendar was reformed by Mahomet and its epoch changed ...
About the beginning of the tenth century of our aara the moslem calendar was ..."
3. The Light of the World: A Brief Comparative Study of Christianity and Non by Robert Elliott Speer (1911)
"(3) Roza, the thirty days fast of Ramazan, the month in the moslem calendar in
which the Koran was sent down to be man's guidance. No part of Mohammedanism ..."
4. Turkey of the Ottomans by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1915)
"The moslem calendar is lunar, the year being divided into twelve months consisting
alternatively of twenty-nine and thirty days, and comprising therefore ..."
5. Childhood in the Moslem World by Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1915)
"Instead of being persecuted for righteousness' sake, the saints in the Moslem
calendar have persecuted others ..."
6. Sketches from Eastern History by Theodor Nöldeke (1892)
"... the order of Church and State according to his own discretion on the spur of
the moment, are exemplified with singular clearness in the moslem calendar. ..."
7. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Even AH ("Anno Hejira," 622, the year of Mohammed's flight from Mecca, from which
the moslem calendar is dated), written after the date on all papers, ..."
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