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;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
 
;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
  
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;candlemas : (sometimes ''Purification of the Blessed Virgin'')Marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season; celebrated February 2.
  
 
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All Saints
alms 
Money or goods collected for the poor; charity.
calends 
(sometimes kalends) The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
candlemas 
(sometimes Purification of the Blessed Virgin)Marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season; celebrated February 2.
cock-crowing
dawn
etheling (eðeling) 
(sometimes atheling) Generally used to designate anyone of noble birth; often used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to denote royalty from Wessex.
ides 
Originally the day of the full moon in the Roman calendar, later became the 15th of March, May, July & October and the 13th day in other months.
lidwiccian
murrain
nones 
The ninth day before Ides in the Roman calendar; the 7th of March, May, July and October and the 5th of other months.
pall
pounds
right belief
welkin



A Definition of Calendrical Terms