Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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December | Yes | No | No | No |
Gregorian calendar | Yes | No | No | No |
December (noun) | Gregorian calendar (noun) |
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the last (12th) month of the year | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 |