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Old Style and New Style dates
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Noun
Old
Style
(
uncountable
)
(
historical
)
The
Julian calendar
system
, especially with reference to
Russia
, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century.
1891
,
Thomas Hardy
,
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page
16
:
The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns — a gay survival from
Old Style
days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms — days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.
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