civil year
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsɪv.əl ˌjɪər/ us/ˈsɪv.əl ˌjɪr/
世俗年（1月1日开始到12月31日结束）
a period of around 365 days used for measuring normal or historical time, which in our system begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December
The present Jewish calendar consists of two basic types of years, the sacred or religious year and the civil year. 现在的犹太历由两种基本类型的年组成，即神圣年或称宗教年和世俗年。
The Egyptian civil year contained 365 days. 埃及的世俗年有365天。
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- The historical year begins on 1 January, and thus coincides with the Roman civil year, which was widely used until at least the seventh century.
- Nisan Abib is the seventh month of the modern Jewish civil year.
- The first day of the seventh moon was most solemn of all for the Hindus, being not only the first of the moon, but of the civil year.
- The civil year was divided into three conventional "seasons" - called time of inundation, sowing time, and harvest time.