Definition of Julan
Jul"ian (?; 277) a. [L.
Julianus, fr. Julius. Cf. July,
Gillian.] Relating to, or derived from, Julius
Cæsar.
Julian calendar, the calendar as adjusted by
Julius Cæsar, in which the year was made to consist of 365
days, each fourth year having 366 days. -- Julian
epoch, the epoch of the commencement of the Julian
calendar, or 46 b. c. -- Julian period, a
chronological period of 7,980 years, combining the solar, lunar, and
indiction cycles (28 x 19 x 15 = 7,980), being reckoned from the year
4713 B. C., when the first years of these several cycles would
coincide, so that if any year of the period be divided by 28, 19, or
15, the remainder will be the year of the corresponding cycle. The
Julian period was proposed by Scaliger, to remove or avoid
ambiguities in chronological dates, and was so named because composed
of Julian years. -- Julian year, the year
of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Julian calendar, and in use
until superseded by the Gregorian year, as established in the
reformed or Gregorian calendar.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Apostate
- a male given name derived, via Julianus from Julius
- (in medieval England) a female given name
- of, or relating to Julius Caesar
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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