Jewish calendar

noun

: a calendar in use among Jewish peoples that is reckoned from the year 3761 b.c. and dates in its present form from about a.d. 360 see Months of the Principal Calendars Table
jewish calendar table

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Jewish calendar was in 1642

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“Jewish calendar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish%20calendar. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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