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Noun: Jewish calendar  'joo-ish'ka-lun-du(r)
  1. (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
    - Hebrew calendar

Derived forms: Jewish calendars

Type of: lunisolar calendar

Encyclopedia: Jewish calendar