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julian

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Adjective, Noun

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Jul=ian

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun julian has 1 sense

julian(n = noun.person) flavius claudius julianus, julian the apostate - Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363); Array

is a kind of emperor of rome, roman emperor

Adjective julian has 1 sense

julian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar; "the Julian calendar"

Derived form noun

julius caesar₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

julian, a. [L. Julianus, fr. Julius. Cf. July, Gillian.].

Relating to, or derived from, Julius Cæsar. [1913 Webster]

Julian calendar, the calendar as adjusted by Julius Cæsar, in which the year was made to consist of 365 days, each fourth year having 366 days. -- Julian epoch, the epoch of the commencement of the Julian calendar, or 46 b. c. -- Julian period, a chronological period of 7,980 years, combining the solar, lunar, and indiction cycles (28 x 19 x 15 = 7,980), being reckoned from the year 4713 B. C., when the first years of these several cycles would coincide, so that if any year of the period be divided by 28, 19, or 15, the remainder will be the year of the corresponding cycle. The Julian period was proposed by Scaliger, to remove or avoid ambiguities in chronological dates, and was so named because composed of Julian years. -- Julian year, the year of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Julian calendar, and in use until superseded by the Gregorian year, as established in the reformed or Gregorian calendar.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

julian, adj. of or associated with Julius Caesar.

Idiom

Julian calendar a calendar introduced by Julius Caesar, in which the year consisted of 365 days, every fourth year having 366 (cf. GREGORIAN CALENDAR).

Etymology

L Julianus f. Julius

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