New Style calendar
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
• Syn:
Gregorian calendar
• Hypernyms:
solar calendar
• Hyponyms:
church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar
• Part Meronyms:
Gregorian calendar month, January, Jan, February, Feb,
March, Mar, April, Apr, May, June,
July, August, Aug, September, Sep, Sept,
October, Oct, November, Nov, December, Dec
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