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Definition of Twelvemonth
1. Noun. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days. "In the year 1920"
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Specialized synonyms: Christian Year, Church Year, Holy Year, New Year, 365 Days, Common Year, 366 Days, Bissextile Year, Intercalary Year, Leap Year, Off Year, Off Year, Calendar Year, Civil Year, Financial Year, Fiscal Year, Annum, Year Of Grace, Y2k
Group relationships: Decade, Decennary, Decennium
Derivative terms: Yearly
Definition of Twelvemonth
1. n. A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
Definition of Twelvemonth
1. Noun. (dated) a year ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twelvemonth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelvemonth
Literary usage of Twelvemonth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... a twelvemonth, c. 14-0), be was not at liberty to take back his former wife
if married to another, bat she might herself also marry another husband (c. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... recorded that Jonson was discarded ' by reason of the predominant power of
his antagonist, Iñigo Jones, who this time twelvemonth was angry with him for ..."
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