calends noun pl. ['kalɪndz] Also kalends & in sing. OE.
[(Old & mod. French calendes from) Latin kalendae, c- (pl.) first day of the month, when the order of days was proclaimed, from base of Latin calare, Greek kalein call, proclaim.]
1. In sing. A month; an appointed time. Only in OE.

2. The Jewish festival of the new moon. LME-E17.

3. The first day of the month in the ancient-Roman calendar. LME.
on the Greek Calends, at the Greek Calends never. till the Greek Calends for ever.

4. A prelude, a beginning. LME-E17.

5. A calendar, a record. rare. LME.

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