Old Style

Definitions

1. The Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century.
   historical, uncountable
2. A dating system in which March 25 is the New Year's Day.
   historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns — a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms — days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.”

“As the [Manx] people reckon this festival according to the Old Style, Hollantide in the Isle of Man is our twelfth of November.”

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