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单词 intercalary
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The reflection between Sarat’s private ordeal and the country’s vast, ongoing calamity is sustained by a series of intercalary chapters: excerpts from history books, news reports, memoirs and speeches. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z
But all this — this gripping story about the outrages endured on a pre-Civil War Georgia farm — appears only in the intercalary chapters, or “Songs,” as Jeffers calls them. Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z
Calendar buffs may call this process “intercalation” and the extra 13th month an “intercalary” month. What to Know About This Year's Overlapping Christmas and Hanukkah Holidays 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z
Veadar, vē′a-dar, n. the name of the intercalary or thirteenth month of the Jewish year, which must have been inserted about every third year. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z
It is probable that he was the author of the law which left it to the discretion of the pontiffs to insert or omit the intercalary month of the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
The months were twelve and consisted each of thirty days; to make up the necessary 365 days of the year, five intercalary days, called sans culottes, were added. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
The Babylonian year was divided into twelve months of thirty days each, with an intercalary month every six years.... Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z
As has been said above, the months are ordained to be nineteen of nineteen days each, with four or five intercalary days in March. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z
Old Grandfather! now know I what thou undertook when thou held thy annual, solitary, intercalary day! The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
At the end of another 120 years they inserted an intercalary month after the second month, and so on through all their twelve months. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
In ordinary years it contains 28 days; but in bissextile or leap year, by the addition of the intercalary day, it consists of 29 days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
Now in leap-year the 29th day of February is the additional or intercalary day. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
The four or five intercalary days, February 26-March 2, corresponding in a measure to Carnival, are a feasting time before the annual fast. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z
The intercalary lyrics of “The Princess” were first published in the third edition—not in the second. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z
To bring the lunar years into accordance with the solstices, it was necessary to add three intercalary months every eight years. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
It was the riddle—it never came to him in the daytime, but only in those intercalary and detachedly critical periods of thought—why exactly had she engaged herself to Magnet? Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z
In answer to the question, “Why two dominical letters for leap-year?” we reply, because of the additional or intercalary day after the 28th of February. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
In modern usage, with the exception of ecclesiastical calendars, the intercalary day is added for convenience at the end of the month, and years in which February has 29 days are called “bissextile,” or leap-years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"
Large squarish lateral intercalary blotches of darker brown interconnect with the dorsal blotches. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
The Siamese only reckoned twenty-seven, and occasionally inserted an extra one, called Abigitten, or intercalary moon. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
If the year has an intercalary month the labourer sometimes gets less than two cents a day. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology
There is an apparent discrepancy among authors in regard to the intercalary day. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
However, 30 days are deducted as an intercalary month since the moon has made a revolution in that time, and the remainder, 3, would be the epact. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240
The following is the order of the twenty days in each of the 18 months composing the years formed by the four initial days together with the intercalary or complementary days. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.
The five intercalary years between Ramsay's commencing in business on his own account and his marriage, were those which may properly be designated his intellectual seedtime. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series
They introduced the art of writing and established a calendar with a year of 360 days and an intercalary month. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
Also when the method of numbering the days from the beginning of the month was adopted, the intercalation was made to correspond with the intercalary day in the Julian calendar. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
Footnote 1: Schalttag, lit. 'intercalary day'--used of the 29th of February in leap years--impossible to translate except by a circumbendibus. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen
Hence the first three years of the Egyptian intercalary period begin on the 29th of our August, and the fourth begins on the 30th of that month. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
With the aid of capable astronomers, he determined the summer and winter solstices, and calculated approximately the length of the year, availing himself, as required, of the aid of an intercalary month. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"
Lady Harman was indeed only by the force of circumstances and intermittently a pure philanthropist, and it is with the intercalary passages of less exalted humanity that we are here chiefly concerned. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
Every omission of the intercalary day, which occurs three times in 400 years, will cause the full moons to fall one day later; for example, on the 13th of the month instead of the 12th. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
We indulge in an intercalary pish! here and there; but we are fascinated and we remember. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)
In intercalary years the first seven months commence one day later. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
Hence to prevent the discrepancy from increasing and throwing the seasons entirely out of their place in the calendar, an intercalary month was inserted nearly every third year. Japan
It might be that an intercalary month should be added, and cause delay. The Life of Cicero Volume II.
The name of the intercalary month is called Ve-Adar, or 2d Adar because placed in the calendar after Adar and before Nisan. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
Nabûa's letters about the calendar We have seen that in the second epoch the king had to fix the time when intercalary months should be inserted. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
The intercalary months would have contained alternately 30 or 31 days, and once in every century one of the ordinary months would have had an additional day. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
Two other witnesses came, and said, “we saw the moon in her season, but on the next evening of the intercalary day she was invisible,” and R. Gamaliel received them. Hebrew Literature
Tablets have also been recently discovered giving the arrangement of the stars in the sky for each season and explaining the rule to be followed in the insertion of the intercalary months. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
While one author refers to the calendar in which the Julian rule of intercalation is adopted, another refers to the calendar when so corrected as to make the 29th of February the intercalary day. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
The Egyptian year was 354 days, with an intercalary month of thirty-three days added every three years. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
And the latter is a cycle which a Jew would be naturally led to detect, as the number of intercalary months contained in it is seven, the Hebrew sacred number. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
Because one knows of the intercalary month, and another does not know of the intercalary month. Hebrew Literature
Cæsar inserted the regular intercalary month of twenty-three days, and two additional ones of sixty-seven days. Ancient States and Empires
The intercalary day or 24 hours being suppressed in 1700, causes the civil year to be 6 hours in advance of the solar, and is represented on the chart 6 hours in advance. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z
The year was divided into twelve months of thirty days each, an intercalary month being inserted from time to time to rectify the resulting error in the length of the year. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
Pre-mandibular: situated in front of the mandible: applied to a temporary segment of the embryo: = intercalary segment. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Formerly the Sanhedrin arranged this intercalary month to suit the harvest, so that if it were late, the wave sheaf and other observances should still be kept according to their proper dates. Hebrew Literature
In these seventy years are contained, without reckoning intercalary months, twenty-five thousand and two hundred days. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece
So, too, the ear-capsule is not part of the cranial vertebræ, but is rather to be compared to the intercalary bones in the vertebral column of certain fish. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
The months were originally lunar, and consisted of 30 days, an intercalary month being inserted in the calendar every six years. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
Imix is the 18th day of the month, and it is possibly that it and the two following days were used for intercalary days. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
But if it be not an intercalary month, he is not released. Hebrew Literature
In the modern calendar the intercalary day is still added to February, not, however, between the 24th and 25th, but as the 29th. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
The intercalary days are specially set aside for hospitality, the giving of gifts, etc. Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand
The nineteenth month, following immediately on the hospitality of the intercalary days, is the month of the fast. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
These are fifty-four in number, one for each Sabbath of the Jewish intercalary year, while on common years two of the smaller sections are united. Companion to the Bible
He introduced an intercalary Nisan, and they did not consent. Hebrew Literature
The intercalary years of the cycle are distinguished by an asterisk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
The antient Greeks also used the same solar year of 12 equal months, or 360 days; but every other year added an intercalary month, consisting of 10 and 11 days alternately. Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John
The Báb did not specifically define the place for the intercalary days in the new calendar. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
But, when intercalary days in certain years are allowed for, the mean year consists of 354 11/30 days. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
In the intercalary 7th moon a great wind blew. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)
The second, 7/29, gives seven intercalary days in twenty-nine years, and errs in defect, as it supposes a year of 365 days 5 hours 47 min. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
He doubled these eleven days and introduced them every other year, after February, as an intercalary month, twenty-two days in duration, which was called by the Romans Mercedinus. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I
The abjad numerical value of this Arabic letter is five, which corresponds to the potential number of intercalary days. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
The second measure was to insert an intercalary month. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature
The Upper Eocene Anoplotherium, which is intercalary between the Pigs and the Tragulidae, has only two or, at most, three toes. Critiques and Addresses
They are also partitioned into cycles of 30 years, 19 of which are common years of 354 days each, and the other 11 are intercalary years having an additional day appended to the last month. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
These intercalary days are called the birthdays of Osiris, Horus, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys—the five most important figures in the Osiris myth. The Egyptian Conception of Immortality
In a letter written on Shoghi Effendi’s behalf it is explained that "the intercalary days are specially set aside for hospitality, the giving of gifts, etc." The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
But because he started the whole thing it is seemly to give his exit an intercalary page of attention. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
The lunar months are made to correspond with the solar year by the interposition of an “adhik” or intercalary month every third year. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South
The errors have probably arisen from a continued excess of 10 in the discrimination of the intercalary years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
In the formal calendar year of three hundred and sixty-five days, there are twelve months of thirty days and five intercalary days. The Egyptian Conception of Immortality
The Greeks also divided the year into twelve months, and introduced the intercalary circle of eight years, although the Romans disused it afterward, until the calendar was reformed by Julius Caesar. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements
The Upper Eocene Anoplotherium, which is intercalary between the Pigs and the Tragulidoe, has only two, or, at most, three toes. Discourses Biological and Geological Essays
And they divided the year into twelve months, and introduced the intercalary circle of eight years, although the Romans disused it afterwards until the calendar was reformed by Julius Caesar. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
Hence it is that they are now singing intercalary pieces, a practice first introduced by Agathon. Aristotle on the art of poetry
These officers were often corrupted, and managed to effect political ends from time to time by the addition or omission of the intercalary days and months. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
Something, however, was arranged in those intercalary moments between the raising of the glasses. Castle Richmond
Many kinds of fasts are necessary; and wherever powerful influences and habits prevail, legislators have to see that intercalary days are appointed, on which such impulses are fettered, and learn to hunger anew. Beyond Good and Evil
The Mexicans added five intercalary days; and the Egyptians, in the time of Amunoph I., had already the same practice. Atlantis : the antediluvian world
And yet what real difference is there between singing such intercalary pieces, and attempting to fit in a speech, or even a whole act, from one play into another? Aristotle on the art of poetry
For whose behoof mainly a loose intercalary Chapter may be thrown together here. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19
But to quit this episode, and to return to my intercalary year of happiness.  Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
At that the autobiography stopped short, and the intercalary note began. The Research Magnificent
The Egyptians and Mexicans also had intercalary days for the same purpose. Atlantis : the antediluvian world
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