prosthaphæreses
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[edit]Noun
[edit]prosthaphæreses
- plural of prosthaphæresis
- 1754, The Monthly Review, volume IX, page 337:
- By this method the Georgian calendar, or year, will keep equal pace with the ſun for 10219 years, without the variation of a ſingle neucthemeron ; when the period expiring, it may be again renewed and perpetuated by proper proſthaphæreſes, as long as the ſolar ſyſtem continues in its preſent motions and ſituations.