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Per·pet·u·al a. Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.
Circle of perpetual apparition, or Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle.
Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year.
Perpetual curacy Ch. of Eng., a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. --Blackstone.
Perpetual motion. See under Motion.
Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw.
Syn: -- Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant.
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Per·pet·u·al cal·en·dar. A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension.
| Day of the month | Jan. Oct. | Apr. July =\Jan. | Sept. Dec. | June | Feb. Mar. Nov. | Aug. Feb. | May | Day of the Week | \=1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | Mon. | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | g | a | b | c | d | e | f | Tues. | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 | f | g | a | b | c | d | e | Wed. | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | | e | f | g | a | b | c | d | Thur. | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | d | e | f | g | a | b | c | Fri. | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | c | d | e | f | g | a | b | Sat. | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | b | c | d | e | f | g | a | Sun. | |
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|1753 |1754 |1755 |1750 |1751 |1757 |*1752
|1759 |1765 |*1760 |1761 |*1756 |1763 |1758
|*1764 |1771 |1766 |1767 |1762 |*1768 |1769
|1770 |*1776 |1777 |*1772 |1773 |1774 |1775
Cal·en·dar n.
1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.
2. Eccl. A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.
3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.
Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month.
Calendar month. See under Month.
French Republican calendar. See under Vendémiaire.
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
perpetual calendar
n : a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the
week corresponding to any given date over a long period
of years