menology (A calendar of months)

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• menology —   n. calendar of months; calendar of saints days …   Dictionary of difficult words

• calendar — cal·en·dar 1 n 1: a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action the motion calendar; specif: a list of cases ready for trial – called also list; compare docket ◇ Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to trial to have a case… …   Law dictionary

• menology — [mē näl′ə jē, mənäl′ə jē] n. pl. menologies [ModL menologium < LGr mēnologion < Gr mēn, month, MOON + logos, a word, account: see LOGIC] 1. a calendar of the months, with their events 2. a listing of saints, with brief biographies, arranged …   English World dictionary

• Menology — Menologium Men o*lo gi*um, Menology Me*nol o*gy, n.; pl. L. {Menologia}, E. {Menologies}. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr. mh n month + lo gos discourse : cf. F. m[ e]nologe.] 1. A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gr. Church) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• menology — /mi nol euh jee/, n., pl. menologies. 1. a calendar of the months. 2. a record or account, as of saints, arranged in the order of a calendar. [1600 10; < NL menologium < LGk menológion. See MENO , LOGY] * * * …   Universalium

• menology — /məˈnɒlədʒi/ (say muh noluhjee) noun (plural menologies) 1. a calendar of the months. 2. a record or account, as of saints, arranged in the order of a calendar. {New Latin mēnologium, from Late Greek mēnologion, from mēno meno + logion saying} …  

• menology — n. Eastern Orthodox Church calendar of the months that indicates the Saints days; register of months …   English contemporary dictionary

• List of non-sciences ending in -logy — The words in the following list have names formed with the suffix logy . They refer to kinds of speech, writing, collections of writing, or the like. Words ending in logy which are sciences can be found in the list of sciences ending in… …   Wikipedia

• Menologium — Menologion, printed in Kiev, 1714. The book is open to December 25, the Nativity of the Lord. Menologion (from the Greek menológion, from mén a month ; Latin menologium), also written menology and menologe, is a service book used in the Eastern… …   Wikipedia

• Menologium — • A particular service book of the Greek Church. From its derivation the term Menologium means month set , in other words, a book arranged according to the months Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Menologium     Menologium …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Symeon Metaphrastes — Saint Symeon Metaphrastes was the most renowned of the Byzantine hagiographers. He is identified with the logothete of that name. [ [http://gateway.uvic.ca/spcoll/physiologum/commentary/txt vitae.htm Sancti Epiphanii ad Physiologum ] ; the… …   Wikipedia