calends

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Often with initial capital: the first day of a month.

   The third day before the calends of February is 30 January, the third calends of March is 27 or 28 February, and the third of the calends of May is 29 April.

2. noun The first day of a month of the Roman calendar.
3. noun A day for settling debts and other accounts.
4. noun Synonym of Rosh Hodesh (“the Jewish festival of the new moon, which begins the months of the Hebrew calendar”).
5. noun Synonym of calendar; an account, a record.
6. noun The first day of something; a beginning.
7. noun plural of calend

Similar words

beginning of day dawning commencement incipit prime opening night begin begincement phasis prathama

Often followed by

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Word family

kalends