Definition of Febroary
February, the second month of the year, was added along with January
by Numa to the end of the original Roman year of 10 months; derived its
name from a festival offered annually on the 15th day to Februus, an
ancient Italian god of the nether world; was assigned its present
position in the calendar by Julius Cæsar, who also introduced the
intercalary day for leap-year.
- Wikipedia
Feb"ru*a*ry (?), n. [L.
Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the
fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification
was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification;
akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in
the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by
Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the
bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The second month of the Gregorian calendar, having 29 days in a leap year and 28 in other years.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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