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;All Saints<p>
;alms : Money or goods collected for the poor; charity.
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;alms : Money or goods collected for the poor; charity.<p>
;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
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;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.<p>
;candlemas
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;candlemas<p>
;cock-crowing
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;cock-crowing<p>
;dawn
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;dawn<p>
;Etheling (eðeling) : (sometimes ''atheling'') Generally used to designate anyone of noble birth; often used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to denote royalty from Wessex.
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;Etheling (eðeling) : (sometimes ''atheling'') Generally used to designate anyone of noble birth; often used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to denote royalty from Wessex.<p>
;ides
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;ides<p>
;lidwiccian
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;lidwiccian<p>
;murrain
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;murrain<p>
;nones : The ninth day before Ides in the Roman calendar; the 7th of March, May, July and October and the 5th of other months.
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;nones : The ninth day before Ides in the Roman calendar; the 7th of March, May, July and October and the 5th of other months.<p>
;pall
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;pall<p>
;pounds
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;pounds<p>
;right belief
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;right belief<p>
;welkin
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;welkin<p>
  
  
 
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[http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/highdown/pupil/time/calendars/terms.html A Definition of Calendrical Terms]
 
[http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/highdown/pupil/time/calendars/terms.html A Definition of Calendrical Terms]

Revision as of 00:03, 13 February 2007

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

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

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