The space of time in which the earth passes through her orbit distinct from and longer than the tropical year, owing to the precession of the equinoxes.
·adj ·Alt. of <<Anomalistical>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Age, or old age; as, a man in years. II. Year ·noun The time in which any planet completes a ...
Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen. 1:14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The duration of the earth's revolution round the sun, or of the apparent revolution of the sun in th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
the highest ordinary division of time. Two years were known to, and apparently used by, the Hebrews....
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
See anomalistic period. ...
The time of revolution of a primary or secondary planet in reference to its line of apsides; that is...
·noun The venereal disease; — often used as a mild oath. ...
·- Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a comm...
·add. ·- The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; — used as a unit in expressing ...
·add. ·- The year used by Mohammedans, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so t...
·adj Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes....
Every seventh year, during which the land, according to the law of Moses, had to remain uncultivated...
[Trumpets, Feast Of FEAST OF] ...
Each seventh year, by the Mosaic code, was to be kept holy. (Exodus 23:10,11) The commandment is to ...
[Sabbatical Year YEAR] ...
[Jubilee, The Year Of, YEAR OF] ...
the name.-The name jubilee is derived from the Hebrew jobel, the joyful shout or clangor of trumpets...