noun
(Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
• Syn: ↑Jewish calendar
• Topics: ↑Judaism
• Hypernyms: ↑lunisolar calendar
• Part Meronyms:
↑Jewish calendar month, ↑Tishri, ↑Heshvan, ↑Kislev, ↑Chislev, ↑Tebet, ↑Tevet, ↑Shebat, ↑Shevat, ↑Adar, ↑Veadar, ↑Adar Sheni, ↑Nisan, ↑Nissan, ↑Iyar, ↑Iyyar, ↑Sivan, ↑Siwan, ↑Tammuz, ↑Thammuz, ↑Ab, ↑Av, ↑Elul, ↑Ellul
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Hebrew calendar,
= Jewish calendar. (Cf. ↑Jewish calendar)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.