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Almanac - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Almanac : (noun)
1: an annual publication including weather forecasts and other
miscellaneous information arranged according to the
calendar of a given year [syn: farmer's calendar]
2: an annual publication containing tabular information in a
particular field or fields arranged according to the
calendar of a given year
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Almanac : \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
origin.]
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
churches, terms of courts, etc.
Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing
astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
other information useful to mariners.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ALMANAC. A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of the
seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the most
remarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, the
months of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of other
matter.
2. The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac; for example,
whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or not. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 6
Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; 12 Vin. Ab. Evidence (A, b, 4.) In dating
instruments, some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writing
January, February, March, &c., use the terms, First month, Second month,
Third month, &c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1
Smith's Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Almanac |
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ottermarkv: #listeningto "American Public Media, Mar. 17, 2010: The Writer's Almanac" http://bit.ly/d3Rvph |
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DaveyHo69: HistoryInternational: Ancient Almanac: "The Ten Commandments" #2: Thou shalt not MURDER (not "kill"). God did NOT forbid/condemn slavery |
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Lady_Pagan: DAILY ADVICE: (Almanac.com) Lose an hour in the morning and you'll be all day hunting for it. http://bit.ly/bp0wtz |
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