Gregorian calendar
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[edit] Etymology
Named after Pope Gregory XIII who decreed it should be used.
[edit] Proper noun
- The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.
[edit] Translations
calendar used in the western world
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